by
Salvage
(editor)
telos
(en)
(noun) an ultimate end (from Greek)
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Ever since the trumpets at Jericho, at least, the telos of a wall is to be breached. It is at once its failure and its disavowed purpose to speed its way to ruin. To keep apocalypse out and to let it in.
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Ever since the trumpets at Jericho, at least, the telos of a wall is to be breached. It is at once its failure and its disavowed purpose to speed its way to ruin. To keep apocalypse out and to let it in.
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Procrustean
(en)
(adjective) of, relating to, or typical of Procrustes (a smith from Greek mythology) / (adjective) marked by arbitrary often ruthless disregard of individual differences or special circumstances / (noun) a scheme or pattern into which someone or something is arbitrarily forced
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A procrustean definition of fascism will not help here.
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A procrustean definition of fascism will not help here.
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nous
(en)
(noun) common sense; practical intelligence; mind or intellect
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One requires no special political nous to understand that the second decade of the twenty-first century is witnessing the collapse of political orders in a fashion reminiscent of that of Europe between the two world wars
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One requires no special political nous to understand that the second decade of the twenty-first century is witnessing the collapse of political orders in a fashion reminiscent of that of Europe between the two world wars
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traduce
(en)
(verb) to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation / (verb) violate betray
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warning that solicitude for so-called identity politics among sectional groups that Trump openly traduced caused Clinton’s electoral defeat
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warning that solicitude for so-called identity politics among sectional groups that Trump openly traduced caused Clinton’s electoral defeat
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limn
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(verb) depict or describe in painting or words; suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light
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From Kevin Phillips, to Lee Atwater, and now Steve Bannon, there has been a consistent strategic limning of an inner societal war
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From Kevin Phillips, to Lee Atwater, and now Steve Bannon, there has been a consistent strategic limning of an inner societal war
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arrogate
(en)
(verb) to claim or seize without justification / (verb) to make undue claims to having; assume / (verb) to claim on behalf of another; ascribe
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continued US arrogation of 'global leadership' and pre-eminence via military supremacy
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continued US arrogation of 'global leadership' and pre-eminence via military supremacy
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protean
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(adjective) of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms / (adjective) displaying great diversity or variety; versatile
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towards a limitless protean malleability contingent only on the state of technological change
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towards a limitless protean malleability contingent only on the state of technological change
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