anodyne (en)

(noun) a painkilling drug or medicine

hermeneutic (en)

the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts

lapidary (en)

relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing

oneiric (en)

(adjective) of or relating to dreams; dreamy

reifying (en)

make (something abstract) more concrete or real

reifying (en)

make (something abstract) more concrete or real

semiotics (en)

the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation (adj: semiotic)

simulacrum (en)

(noun) image representation / (noun) an insubstantial form or semblance of something; trace (plural: simulacra)

subsumption (en)

an act of subsuming

teleological (en)

the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion

vanishing mediator (en)

a concept that exists to mediate between two opposing ideas, as a transition occurs between them. At the point where one idea has been replaced by the other, and the concept is no longer required, the mediator vanishes. Fredric Jameson introduced the term in a 1973 essay; used by Žižek

vicissitudes (en)

(noun) a change or variation occurring in the course of something; successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs