simulacrum (en)

(noun) image representation / (noun) an insubstantial form or semblance of something; trace (plural: simulacra)

sine ira ac studio (la)

"without anger and fondness" or "without hate and zealousness"; coined by Roman historian Tacitus

sine qua non (la)

something that is absolutely needed

single-entendre principles (en)

sincerity, straightforwardness, lacking in metafictional irony or subtlety

Situationism (en)

referring to the Situationist International, an org of social revolutionaries made up of avant-garde artists, intellectuals, and political theorists, prominent in Europe from 1957-1972; schools of thought: anti-authoritarian Marxism, Dadaism, Surrealism

skeins (en)

a length of thread or yarn, loosely coiled and knotted

skeletal narrative (en)

destabilising a narrative by means of elements embedded within the narrative itself

skirling (en)

(verb) to emit the high shrill tone of the chanter / (verb) to give forth music / (verb) to play (music) on the bagpipe

slipshod (en)

(adjective) wearing loose shoes or slippers / (adjective) down at the heel; shabby / (adjective) careless slovenly

sobriquet (en)

(noun) a descriptive name or epithet; nickname

social justice (en)

justice that follows collective ideas of fairness, correctness and reciprocity, concedes demands for a minimum livelihood irrespective of economic performance or productivity, and recognizes civil and human rights to such things as health, social security, participation in the life of the community, employment protection and trade union organization; determined by cultural norms and is based on status rather than contract

sodality (en)

(noun) brotherhood community / (noun) an organized society or fellowship / (noun) a devotional or charitable association of Roman Catholic laity

soi-disant (fr)

(adjective) self-proclaimed so-called

solecism (en)

a grammatical mistake in speech or writing

Solidarność (en)

a Polish labour union that was founded on 17 September 1980;s the first trade union in a Warsaw Pact country that was not controlled by a communist party

solipsism (en)

(noun) a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing / (noun) extreme egocentrism

Solow's paradox (en)

aka the productivity paradox. defined as a perceived "discrepancy between measures of investment in information technology and measures of output at the national level"

somatic (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm or the psyche / (adjective) of or relating to the wall of the body; parietal / (noun) one of the cells of the body that compose the tissues, organs, and parts of that individual other than the germ cells

somnambular (en)

to walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition

somniferous (en)

(adjective) soporific

somnolent (en)

(adjective) of a kind likely to induce sleep / (adjective) inclined to or heavy with sleep; drowsy / (adjective) sleepy

sop (en)

(noun) a piece of food dipped or steeped in a liquid / (noun) a conciliatory or propitiatory bribe, gift, or gesture / (verb) to steep or dip in or as if in liquid / (verb) to wet thoroughly; soak / (verb) mop / (abbreviation) standard operating procedure; standing operating procedure

sopitive (fr)

calming?

soporific (en)

(adjective) causing or tending to cause sleep / (adjective) tending to dull awareness or alertness / (adjective) of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy / (noun) a soporific agent / (noun) hypnotic

sordor (en)

physical or moral sordidness.