when a word or phrase has multiple meanings (from Greek)
(adjective) characteristic of or belonging to the time or state before the fall of humankind
(noun) a system of religious mysticism teaching that perfection and spiritual peace are attained by annihilation of the will and passive absorption in contemplation of God and divine things / (noun) a passive withdrawn attitude or policy toward the world or worldly affairs / (noun) a state of calmness or passivity
(noun) a container or shrine in which sacred relics are kept
(noun) a division or split in a group or union; schism / (noun) an action or process of cutting, dividing, or splitting; the state of being cut, divided, or split
(noun) a division or split in a group or union; schism / (noun) an action or process of cutting, dividing, or splitting; the state of being cut, divided, or split
the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation (adj: semiotic)
(noun) image representation / (noun) an insubstantial form or semblance of something; trace (plural: simulacra)
to walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition
(adjective) causing or tending to cause sleep / (adjective) tending to dull awareness or alertness / (adjective) of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy / (noun) a soporific agent / (noun) hypnotic
ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates (acc to Sigmund Freud)
the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion
(Greek mythology) the personification of death
(Greek mythology) the personification of death
a slogan refering to globalization popularised by Margaret Thatcher; means that the market economy is the only system that works, and that debate about this is over