syncretism
(en)
the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion
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Nolan's revisiting of Batman is not a re-invention but a reclaiming of the myth, a grand syncresis that draws upon the whole history of the character.
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Nolan's revisiting of Batman is not a re-invention but a reclaiming of the myth, a grand syncresis that draws upon the whole history of the character.
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rarefied
(en)
(adjective) being less dense / (adjective) of, relating to, or interesting to a select group; esoteric / (adjective) very high / (verb) to make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand without the addition of matter / (verb) to make more spiritual, refined, or abstruse / (verb) to become less dense
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I encountered him almost entirely in the rarefied realms of discourse
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I encountered him almost entirely in the rarefied realms of discourse
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lacuna
(en)
an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)
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confronting digital lacunae where the reconstruction of lost dialogues from online fragments, interlocutors having gone missing, became necessary
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confronting digital lacunae where the reconstruction of lost dialogues from online fragments, interlocutors having gone missing, became necessary
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simulacrum
(en)
(noun) image representation / (noun) an insubstantial form or semblance of something; trace (plural: simulacra)
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In conditions of third (and fourth-order) simulacra
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In conditions of third (and fourth-order) simulacra
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ludic
(en)
(adjective) of, relating to, or characterized by play; playful
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a whole tradition of ludic intervention - passing from the Dadaists into the Surrealist and the Situationists
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a whole tradition of ludic intervention - passing from the Dadaists into the Surrealist and the Situationists
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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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the explicit de-cathexis of the "nice house, nice family" picture that bourgeois culture is still capable of projecting as ideal
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the explicit de-cathexis of the "nice house, nice family" picture that bourgeois culture is still capable of projecting as ideal
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mise-en-abyme
(fr)
term derived from heraldry; means "placed into abyss"
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A mis-en-abyme of desire...
misspelling i think?
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A mis-en-abyme of desire...
misspelling i think?
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oneiric
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to dreams; dreamy
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the oneiric juxtapositions in Ballad's and Meisel's work
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the oneiric juxtapositions in Ballad's and Meisel's work
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elision
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(linguistics) the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking OR the act or an instance of omitting something
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the substitutions and elisions made by the mediated unconscious
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the substitutions and elisions made by the mediated unconscious
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inveigle
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(verb) to win over by wiles; entice / (verb) to acquire by ingenuity or flattery; wangle
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Miners were inveigled into identifying with their own terrirory rather than with the industry as whole
[sic] for terrirory
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Miners were inveigled into identifying with their own terrirory rather than with the industry as whole
[sic] for terrirory
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