peripatetic (en)

traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods

pisteis (en)

in Aristotle's definition of rhetoric: the means of persuasion, divided between the atechnic (inartistic) and entechnic (artistic)

plangent (en)

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

protean (en)

(adjective) of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms / (adjective) displaying great diversity or variety; versatile

rarefied (en)

(adjective) being less dense / (adjective) of, relating to, or interesting to a select group; esoteric / (adjective) very high / (verb) to make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand without the addition of matter / (verb) to make more spiritual, refined, or abstruse / (verb) to become less dense

reifying (en)

make (something abstract) more concrete or real

scission (en)

(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

semiotics (en)

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

sfumato (en)

(noun) the definition of form in painting without abrupt outline by the blending of one tone into another

simulacrum (en)

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

sublation (en)

(verb) philosophy: to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis; assimilate (a smaller entity) into a larger one; used by Hegel

sublimation (en)

(verb) to divert the expression of (an instinctual desire or impulse) from its unacceptable form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable

subsumption (en)

an act of subsuming

sundered (en)

(verb) to break apart or in two; separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space / (verb) to become parted, disunited, or severed

sylvanshine (en)

an optical phenomenon in which dew-covered trees of species whose leaves are wax-covered retroreflect beams of light

syncopated (en)

(adjective) cut short; abbreviated / (adjective) marked by or exhibiting syncopation

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

tenebrous (en)

(adjective) shut off from the light; dark murky / (adjective) hard to understand; obscure / (adjective) causing gloom

theodicy (en)

(noun) defense of God's goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil

tocsin (en)

an alarm bell or signal (from Old French)

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

vertiginous (en)

causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep

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

writ large (en)

clear and obvious, in a stark or exaggerated form