parlous (en)

(adjective) full of danger or uncertainty; precarious

Parnassus (en)

(geographical name) mountain 8061 feet (2457 m) cen Greece N of Gulf of Corinth

parochial (en)

relating to a church parish; having a limited or narrow outlook or scope

parousia (grk)

(noun, ancient Greek) presence, arrival, or official visit

parricidal (en)

relating to the act of killing one's parent

pars pro toto (la)

part (taken) for the whole

participatory economics (en)

an economic system based on participatory decision making as the primary economic mechanism for allocating the factors of production and guidance of production in a society

particularist (en)

exclusive or special devotion to a particular interest; a political theory that each political group has a right to promote its own interests and especially independence without regard to the interests of larger groups

partis alimentaires (fr)

"eating parties"; refers to political parties created for the purpose of enriching their leaders, not to advance an ideology, specifically in the context of Africa in recent years (I think)

parturition (en)

(noun) the action or process of giving birth to offspring

parvenu (en)

(noun) one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it

passage à l'acte (fr)

(psychology) Impulsive acting out; term used by Lacan

passel (en)

(informal) a large group of people or things of indeterminate number; a pack

paterfamilias (en)

(noun) the male head of a household / (noun) the father of a family / (noun) a man who originates or is a leading figure in something (as a movement, discipline, or enterprise)

patrimonial capitalism (en)

a term coined by Thomas Piketty; a system where the economic elite mostly attain their fortunes through inheritance rather than entrepreneurship or innovation

patrimonialism (en)

a form of governance in which all power flows directly from the leader, which results in the blending of the public and private sectors; most notably defined by Max Weber in 1922

patristic (en)

(adjective) of or relating to the church fathers or their writings

patronymic (en)

denoting or relating to a name derived from the name of a father or male ancestor

patzer (en)

(noun) an inept chess player

paucity (en)

the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity

Paulinian (en)

referring to the Pauli exclusion principle (the assertion that no two fermions can have the same quantum number)

peace formula (en)

post-WWII formula for democratic capitalist stability: government intervention in business, state planning for growth and full employment, social redistribution; supervised by an interventionist state committed to disciplining the market in order to keep this social contract and thus maintain its legitimacy

pecuniary (en)

(adjective) consisting of or measured in money / (adjective) of or relating to money

pelagian (en)

(noun) one agreeing with Pelagius in denying original sin and consequently in holding that individuals have perfect freedom to do either right or wrong / (adjective) of or relating to Pelagians or Pelagianism

pelagic (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or living or occurring in the open sea; oceanic