autarkic
(en)
the condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation; a national policy of economic independence
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lucent
(en)
(adjective) glowing with light; luminous / (adjective) marked by clarity or translucence; clear
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apostate
(en)
a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle; the general form is "apostasy"
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unless the premise—that there is such a thing as love, and it recurs—was false, so that apostasy was really a lapse into truth, like Galileo’s.
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unless the premise—that there is such a thing as love, and it recurs—was false, so that apostasy was really a lapse into truth, like Galileo’s.
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hierophant
(en)
a person, especially a priest in ancient Greece, who interprets sacred mysteries or esoteric principles
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Was romance hierophany, or some fowler’s snare that yanked a culture by the toe?
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Was romance hierophany, or some fowler’s snare that yanked a culture by the toe?
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lagniappe
(en)
(noun) a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase / (noun) something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure
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Maybe lasting love is a rare evolutionary lagniappe.
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Maybe lasting love is a rare evolutionary lagniappe.
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