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sous rature
(fr)
under erasure: a strategic philosophical device originally developed by Martin Heidegger; involves the crossing out of a word within a text, but allowing it to remain legible and in place; used extensively by Jacques Derrida in his philosophy of deconstruction to signify that a word is "inadequate yet necessary"
sovereign bond
(en)
a government-backed bond denominated in a foreign currency, usally a widely-trusted "reserve" currency like the US dollar (contrast with "government bonds" which are in the home currency)
spatial fix
(en)
(in the context of capitalist crisis) avoiding the low-growth phase problem by exporting manufacturing to places with cheaper labour, thereby raising profits for a while
Speech of Hope
(en)
or "Restatement of Policy on Germany"; delivered in Stuttgart on Sept 6, 1947 by James F. Byrnes, the US Secretary of State; set the tone of future US policy as it repudiated the Morgenthau Plan economic policies and with its message of a change to a policy of economic reconstruction gave the Germans hope for the future
spidsborger
(da)
philistine
spießig
(en)
(pejorative) bourgeois, narrow-minded, middle-class, common
splenetic
(en)
(adjective) given to melancholy / (adjective) marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite
spoor
(en)
(noun) a track, a trail, a scent, or droppings especially of a wild animal / (noun) a trace by which the progress of someone or something may be followed / (verb) to track by a spoor / (verb) to track something by its spoor
Sprachspiel
(de)
"language-game", which is a philosophical concept developed by Ludwig Wittgenstein and Friedrich Waismann that refers to simple examples of language use and the actions into which the language is woven
squalling
(en)
cry noisily and continuously
Staatsvolk
(de)
"nation" or "people"; defined by Wolfgang Streeck in Buying Time as "the general citizenry", to be distinguished from the Marktvolk (the people of the market); nationally organized and consisting of citizens tied to a particular state, from which they can claim certain inalienable rights of citizenship
stagflation
(en)
(stagnation + inflation) when inflation is high, the economic growth rate slows, and unemployment remains steadily high
stanchion
(en)
(noun) an upright bar, post, or support (as for a roof or a ship's deck) / (noun) a device that fits loosely around the neck of an animal (as a cow) and limits forward and backward motion (as in a stall)
Stasi
(en)
abbreviation for the Ministry for State Security, the official state security service for East Germany from 1950-1990
stentorian
(en)
(adjective) extremely loud
stepwise
(en)
in a series of distinct stages; not continuously
stertorous breathing
(en)
noisy and labored
stigmata
(en)
(noun) a scar left by a hot iron; brand / (noun) a mark of shame or discredit; stain / (noun) an identifying mark or characteristic / (noun) a specific diagnostic sign of a disease / (noun) bodily marks or pains resembling the wounds of the crucified Jesus and sometimes accompanying religious ecstasy / (noun) petechia / (noun) a small spot, scar, or opening on a plant or animal / (noun) the usually apical part of the pistil of a flower which receives the pollen grains and on which they germinate
stolid
(en)
calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
strabismic
(en)
(noun) inability of one eye to attain binocular vision with the other because of imbalance of the muscles of the eyeball
a term for the loans provided by the IMF and the World Bank to countries that experienced economic crises, which come with strings attached: privatisation and deregulation, mainly (the conditions are also known as the Washington Consensus)
stultifying
(en)
ridiculous, foolish
Sturmabteilung
(de)
(German for Storm Detachment) the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, which was effectively superseded by the SS after 1934; also known as "Brownshirts"
stygian
(en)
(adjective) extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding; refers to the River Styx of the underworld Hades in Greek mythology;
styptic
(en)
(adjective) tending to contract or bind; astringent / (adjective) tending to check bleeding / (noun) a stick of a medicated styptic substance for use especially in shaving to stop the bleeding from small cuts