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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
Stéphane Mallarmé
(en)
a French symbolic poet and critic in the 19th century
subaltern
(en)
(adj) of lower status; (noun) an officer in the British army below the rank of captain, especially a second lieutenant
subjacent
(en)
(adjective) lying under or below / (adjective) lower than though not directly below
subjective violence
(en)
a term used by Slavoj Žižek to refer to clearly delimited interpersonal violence committed by one subject to another; contrast with objective violence (either symbolic or systemic)
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
subproletarians
(en)
not a commonly-used term; most likely refering to households considered "lesser" than proletarian households in terms of socieconomic power