aegis (en)

(noun, Greek mythology) protective mantle of Zeus given to Athena

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

apostate (en)

a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle; the general form is "apostasy"

autochthonous (en)

(adjective) indigenous native / (adjective) formed or originating in the place where found

bathos (en)

(noun) a literary term coined by Alexander Pope to describe to describe amusingly failed attempts at sublimity (an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous); adj is "bathetic"

bathos (en)

(noun) a literary term coined by Alexander Pope to describe to describe amusingly failed attempts at sublimity (an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous); adj is "bathetic"

bathos (en)

(noun) a literary term coined by Alexander Pope to describe to describe amusingly failed attempts at sublimity (an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous); adj is "bathetic"

brio (en)

(noun) brilliance, panache, quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

chiasmus (en)

(noun) a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. ‘Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.’.

chiasmus (en)

(noun) a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. ‘Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.’.

coterie (en)

(noun) an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose

dimidiate (en)

(of a coat of arms or charge) adjoin (another) so that only half of each is visible. (verb) halve or reduce to the half

exigent (en)

(adjective) requiring immediate aid or action / (adjective) requiring or calling for much; demanding

fatuous (en)

(adjective) complacently or inanely foolish; silly

frisson (en)

(noun) a brief moment of emotional excitement; shudder thrill

gemeinschaft (en)

(noun) a spontaneously arising organic social relationship characterized by strong reciprocal bonds of sentiment and kinship within a common tradition / (noun) a community or society characterized by this relationship

hermeneutic (en)

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

hermetic (en)

(of a seal or closure) complete and airtight

ineluctable (en)

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

louche (en)

disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way

louche (en)

disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way

lustration (en)

(verb) to purify ceremonially

master signifier (en)

a Lacanian term (following the linguistics of Saussure); really just another signifier (i.e., something that organises discursive structures) but one which stops the slippage of the signified under the signifier and fixes meaning, thereby forming a stable symbolic order. i don't really know tbh. a platonic ideal of a concept like "freedom" or "health"?

metonymy (en)

(noun) a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated (as “crown” in “lands belonging to the crown”)