by
Chris Lehmann
(editor)
sop
(en)
(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
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offering random sops such as the bid to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
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offering random sops such as the bid to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
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trammeled
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(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine
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celebrations of sex as untrammeled liberation
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celebrations of sex as untrammeled liberation
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penumbra
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the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object
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our penumbral constitutional right to privacy
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our penumbral constitutional right to privacy
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ambit
(en)
(noun) the scope, extent, or bounds of something
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which falls outside the ambit of nonconsensual or obviously coercive sex but which nevertheless is both unwelcome and unwanted
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which falls outside the ambit of nonconsensual or obviously coercive sex but which nevertheless is both unwelcome and unwanted
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baleful
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(adjective) deadly or pernicious in influence / (adjective) foreboding or threatening evil
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discussions of that freedom are not linked to the baleful conditions created, in part, by the universities themselves
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discussions of that freedom are not linked to the baleful conditions created, in part, by the universities themselves
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prosody
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(noun) the study of versification / (noun) the systematic study of metrical structure / (noun) a particular system, theory, or style of versification / (noun) the rhythmic and intonational aspect of language
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This style, an overwrought prosody straining to evoke mischievous brilliance
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This style, an overwrought prosody straining to evoke mischievous brilliance
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apotheosis
(en)
the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
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He reimagined the conservative opposition to liberal individualism through an apotheosis of man and machinery
on Ernst Junger
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He reimagined the conservative opposition to liberal individualism through an apotheosis of man and machinery
on Ernst Junger
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