kif
(en)
a substance, especially cannabis, smoked to produce a drowsy state (from Arabic)
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quoted from IJ
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méconnaissance
(fr)
"misconstrue" or "misrecognize" in French; commonly used in the work of Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist known for his work on the mirror stage
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defined as "narcissistic misidentification"
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defined as "narcissistic misidentification"
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Althusserian
(en)
relating to French philosopher Louis Althusser, known for his work on Marxism and poststructuralism
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quasi-Althusserian
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quasi-Althusserian
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stolid
(en)
calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
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chewing stolidly
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chewing stolidly
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analogical rhetoric
(en)
(e.g.,) using language of the other to speak of oneself
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—p.121
Representing Entertainment in Infinite Jest
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Representing Entertainment in Infinite Jest
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MacGuffin
(en)
an object or device in a movie or a book that serves merely as a trigger for the plot; popularised as a term by Alfred Hitchcock
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—p.124
Representing Entertainment in Infinite Jest
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—p.124
Representing Entertainment in Infinite Jest
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incommensurability
(en)
having no common measure; origins in ancient Greek mathematics and popularised by philosopher Thomas Kuhn
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these two types of notes' incommensurability exemplifies the major critical conflict over the nature of encyclopedic novels themselves
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these two types of notes' incommensurability exemplifies the major critical conflict over the nature of encyclopedic novels themselves
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Piranesi
(en)
an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons
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labyrinthine spaces drawn by Piranesi or Escher
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labyrinthine spaces drawn by Piranesi or Escher
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cruft
(en)
superfluous junk (from software development)
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cetology
(en)
the branch of zoology that deals with whales, dolphins, and porpoises
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