a fortiori (la)

used to express a conclusion for which there is stronger evidence than for a previously accepted one

abeyance (en)

(noun) a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested / (noun) temporary inactivity; suspension

aleatory (en)

(adjective) depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss / (adjective) relating to luck and especially to bad luck

ambit (en)

(noun) the scope, extent, or bounds of something

amphibology (en)

(noun) a sentence or phrase (as “nothing is good enough for you”) that can be interpreted in more than one way

aporetic (en)

skeptical, tending to doubt

aporia (en)

(noun) an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect / (noun) a logical impasse or contradiction / (noun) a radical contradiction in the import of a text or theory that is seen in deconstruction as inevitable

aporia (en)

(noun) an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect / (noun) a logical impasse or contradiction / (noun) a radical contradiction in the import of a text or theory that is seen in deconstruction as inevitable

biopolitics (en)

biopolitics: a term defined by Foucault (though not first) as the style of government that regulates populations through "biopower" (the application and impact of political power on all aspects of human life)

caesura (en)

(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse / (noun) a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot / (noun) break interruption / (noun) a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody

caesura (en)

(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse / (noun) a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot / (noun) break interruption / (noun) a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody

clinamen (en)

poetic misreading or misprision

conatus (la)

means effort, endeavor, impulse, inclination, tendency, undertaking striving; in early philosophies of psychology and metaphysics, is an innate inclination of a thing to continue to exist and enhance itself

dialectical materialism (en)

(noun) the Marxist theory that maintains the material basis of a reality constantly changing in a dialectical process and the priority of matter over mind

eschatology (en)

the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind

exegesis (en)

(from the Greek for "to lead out") a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text

exegesis (en)

(from the Greek for "to lead out") a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text

false consciousness (en)

(especially in Marxist theory) a way of thinking that prevents a person from perceiving the true nature of their social or economic situation (esp used to mislead members of the proletariat about their own exploitation)

imbroglio (en)

an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation

ineluctable (en)

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

lapidary (en)

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

lapsus calami (la)

a slip of the pen

Manichaeism (en)

an ancient religious movement that has to do with duality? "an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness"

Marxist (en)

relating to or denoting the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (noun or adj)

Marxist (en)

relating to or denoting the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (noun or adj)