subsumption (en)

an act of subsuming

subvention (en)

a grant of money, especially from a government.

succor (en)

assistance and support in times of hardship and distress

sui generis (en)

(adjective) constituting a class alone; unique peculiar

suimate (en)

checkmate forced by the side that is checkmated called also self-mate

sulcal (en)

relating to a depression or groove in the cerebral cortex

summative (en)

a type of assessment of participants where the focus is on the outcome of a program

summitry (en)

the act or practice of holding a summit meeting, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations

sumptuary (en)

(adjective) relating to personal expenditures and especially to prevent extravagance and luxury / (adjective) designed to regulate extravagant expenditures or habits especially on moral or religious grounds / sumptuary law = law restricting consumption (notable during middle ages)

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

superannuated (en)

(adjective) outmoded old-fashioned / (adjective) incapacitated or disqualified for active duty by advanced age / (adjective) older than the typical member of a specified group / (verb) to make, declare, or prove obsolete or out-of-date / (verb) to retire and pension because of age or infirmity / (verb) to become retired / (verb) to become antiquated

supercilious (en)

(adjective) coolly and patronizingly haughty

superego (en)

ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates (acc to Sigmund Freud)

supererogation (en)

(noun) the act of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need

surfeit (en)

an excessive amount of something

suture (en)

(noun) a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body / (noun) a stitch made with a suture / (noun) the act or process of sewing with sutures / (noun) a uniting of parts / (noun) the seam or seamlike line along which two things or parts are sewed or united / (noun) the line of union in an immovable articulation (as between the bones of the skull) / (noun) such an articulation / (noun) a furrow at the junction of adjacent bodily parts / (noun) a line of dehiscence (as on a fruit) / (verb) to unite, close, or secure with sutures / (noun) a suture extending across the skull between the parietal and frontal bones

suzerainty (en)

(noun) the dominion of a suzerain; overlordship (A relation between states in which a subservient nation has its own government, but is unable to take international action independent of the superior state)

swivet (en)

(noun) a state of extreme agitation

sybaritic (en)

fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent (derives from the Greek city Sybaris)

syllogistic (en)

(noun) a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in “every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable”) / (noun) a subtle, specious, or crafty argument / (noun) deductive reasoning

sylph (en)

(noun) an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus that inhabits air / (noun) a slender graceful woman or girl

sylvan (en)

(noun) one that frequents groves or woods / (adjective) living or located in the woods or forest / (adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of the woods or forest / (adjective) made, shaped, or formed of woods or trees / (adjective) abounding in woods, groves, or trees; wooded

sylvanshine (en)

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

symbolic efficiency (en)

an idea that Zizek apparently talks about a lot, which he borrows from Lacan (?): that facts become true only if they are known by the “big Other” (public opinion, social values, etc) in addition to ourselves

symbolic violence (en)

a term used by Slavoj Žižek to refer to a form of objective violence that has to do with language