anomie (en)

lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group, which lessens social cohesion and fosters decline; popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim in his influential book Suicide

apotheosis (en)

the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax

eirenic (en)

tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory (alt: irenic); a part of Christian theology

elision (en)

(linguistics) the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking OR the act or an instance of omitting something

inchoate (en)

just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary

meliorism (en)

(noun) the belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid its betterment

rictus (en)

(noun) the gape of a bird's mouth / (noun) the mouth orifice / (noun) a gaping grin or grimace