Sturmabteilung (de)

(German for Storm Detachment) the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, which was effectively superseded by the SS after 1934; also known as "Brownshirts"

stygian (en)

(adjective) extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding; refers to the River Styx of the underworld Hades in Greek mythology;

styptic (en)

(adjective) tending to contract or bind; astringent / (adjective) tending to check bleeding / (noun) a stick of a medicated styptic substance for use especially in shaving to stop the bleeding from small cuts

Stéphane Mallarmé (en)

a French symbolic poet and critic in the 19th century

subaltern (en)

(adj) of lower status; (noun) an officer in the British army below the rank of captain, especially a second lieutenant

subjacent (en)

(adjective) lying under or below / (adjective) lower than though not directly below

subjective violence (en)

a term used by Slavoj Žižek to refer to clearly delimited interpersonal violence committed by one subject to another; contrast with objective violence (either symbolic or systemic)

sublation (en)

(verb) philosophy: to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis; assimilate (a smaller entity) into a larger one; used by Hegel

sublimation (en)

(verb) to divert the expression of (an instinctual desire or impulse) from its unacceptable form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable

subproletarians (en)

not a commonly-used term; most likely refering to households considered "lesser" than proletarian households in terms of socieconomic power

subsumption (en)

an act of subsuming

subvention (en)

a grant of money, especially from a government.

succor (en)

assistance and support in times of hardship and distress

sui generis (en)

(adjective) constituting a class alone; unique peculiar

suimate (en)

checkmate forced by the side that is checkmated called also self-mate

sulcal (en)

relating to a depression or groove in the cerebral cortex

summative (en)

a type of assessment of participants where the focus is on the outcome of a program

summitry (en)

the act or practice of holding a summit meeting, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations

sumptuary (en)

(adjective) relating to personal expenditures and especially to prevent extravagance and luxury / (adjective) designed to regulate extravagant expenditures or habits especially on moral or religious grounds / sumptuary law = law restricting consumption (notable during middle ages)

sundered (en)

(verb) to break apart or in two; separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space / (verb) to become parted, disunited, or severed

superannuated (en)

(adjective) outmoded old-fashioned / (adjective) incapacitated or disqualified for active duty by advanced age / (adjective) older than the typical member of a specified group / (verb) to make, declare, or prove obsolete or out-of-date / (verb) to retire and pension because of age or infirmity / (verb) to become retired / (verb) to become antiquated

supercilious (en)

(adjective) coolly and patronizingly haughty

superego (en)

ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates (acc to Sigmund Freud)

supererogation (en)

(noun) the act of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need

surfeit (en)

an excessive amount of something