(noun) an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect / (noun) a logical impasse or contradiction / (noun) a radical contradiction in the import of a text or theory that is seen in deconstruction as inevitable
Democrats like Bill Clinton helped Republicans in their dismantling and avoided being described as liberal at all costs. From this aporia the word progressive reemerged as an antithesis to conservative, but was otherwise a floating signifier
Democrats like Bill Clinton helped Republicans in their dismantling and avoided being described as liberal at all costs. From this aporia the word progressive reemerged as an antithesis to conservative, but was otherwise a floating signifier
a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle; the general form is "apostasy"
While some may question my ability to speak from the evangelical perspective as an apostate, I would contend that I am an ideal representative of my generation of evangelicals
While some may question my ability to speak from the evangelical perspective as an apostate, I would contend that I am an ideal representative of my generation of evangelicals
(adjective) incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
the belief that human sinfulness is an insuperable obstacle to knowing and fulfilling that plan, and that only Jesus Christ can remove that obstacle for us
the belief that human sinfulness is an insuperable obstacle to knowing and fulfilling that plan, and that only Jesus Christ can remove that obstacle for us
promote or make widely known
whether some of the volunteer Sunday school teachers were promulgating Calvinist doctrines
whether some of the volunteer Sunday school teachers were promulgating Calvinist doctrines
(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
we ridiculed the teaching of hip-hop at Harvard, a shameful sop to black students admitted through affirmative action and, worse, to self-hating white liberals
we ridiculed the teaching of hip-hop at Harvard, a shameful sop to black students admitted through affirmative action and, worse, to self-hating white liberals
(adjective) parched with heat especially of the sun; hot / (adjective) giving off intense heat; scorching / (adjective) ardent passionate / (noun) the region of the earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
It was a tiny, torrid crucible.
It was a tiny, torrid crucible.
the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
WorryFree, an apotheosis of the gig economy, offers room and board
WorryFree, an apotheosis of the gig economy, offers room and board
the repeal or abolition of a law, right, or agreement
the fact that not one has been, out of billions, is proof of a categorical failure, a mass abrogation of the social contract by the legions of treacherous, evasive, giggling yeastbuckets
yikes
the fact that not one has been, out of billions, is proof of a categorical failure, a mass abrogation of the social contract by the legions of treacherous, evasive, giggling yeastbuckets
yikes
(noun) reformatory (a custodial institution for youthful offenders)
The opposite of Interstellar, High Life presents sci-fi without hope, its ship a borstal
The opposite of Interstellar, High Life presents sci-fi without hope, its ship a borstal
the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
the story of design thinking as such—and of how design reached its apotheosis as a floating signifier, detached from any one object or medium or output—starts with World War II
the story of design thinking as such—and of how design reached its apotheosis as a floating signifier, detached from any one object or medium or output—starts with World War II