valence
(en)
(chemistry) the combining power of an element. or like, aspect
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The moral force of assigning the role of monster to the other has a lot of valences
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The moral force of assigning the role of monster to the other has a lot of valences
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acephalic
(en)
(adj) without a head
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rather than some acephalous multitude
i assume this is a dunk on hardt and negri lol
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rather than some acephalous multitude
i assume this is a dunk on hardt and negri lol
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hermeneutic
(en)
the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts
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One cannot interpret the strangeness of this mode of production using the received hermeneutic conceptual categories, derived as they are from a critique of the relations of production of nineteenth-century steam-powered capitalism
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One cannot interpret the strangeness of this mode of production using the received hermeneutic conceptual categories, derived as they are from a critique of the relations of production of nineteenth-century steam-powered capitalism
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diachronic
(en)
(adjective) of, relating to, or dealing with phenomena (as of language or culture) as they occur or change over a period of time
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diachronically, in terms of patterns of development through time
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diachronically, in terms of patterns of development through time
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heliotropism
(en)
(noun) phototropism in which sunlight is the orienting stimulus
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He does not name the trope toward which its heliotropism tends
on Wright's analysis of Marxism
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He does not name the trope toward which its heliotropism tends
on Wright's analysis of Marxism
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cathexis
(en)
(psychoanalysis) the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea
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cathecting onto the destiny of labor of something foreign to it, a general learnedness
wat
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cathecting onto the destiny of labor of something foreign to it, a general learnedness
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metonymy
(en)
(noun) a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated (as “crown” in “lands belonging to the crown”)
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The metaphoric inversion impedes the possibility of thinking metonymically
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The metaphoric inversion impedes the possibility of thinking metonymically
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weft
(en)
(noun) a filling thread or yarn in weaving / (noun) yarn used for the weft / (noun) web fabric / (noun) an article of woven fabric / (noun) a knit fabric produced in machine or hand knitting with the yarns running crosswise or in a circle
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the real yet abstract forces that warp and weft these appearances into being
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the real yet abstract forces that warp and weft these appearances into being
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