telluric (en)

(adjective) of or relating to the earth; terrestrial / (adjective) being or relating to a usually natural electric current flowing near the earth's surface

telos (en)

(noun) an ultimate end (from Greek)

temblor (en)

(noun) earthquake / (verb) to shake involuntarily (as with fear or cold); shiver / (verb) to move, sound, pass, or come to pass as if shaken or tremulous / (verb) to be affected with great fear or anxiety

temerity (en)

(noun) unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition; rashness recklessness / (noun) a rash or reckless act

temporal fix (en)

one way of addressing overaccumulation in capitalism: put it into long-term investments that will improve productivity in the future

tendentious (en)

(adjective) marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view; biased

tenebrous (en)

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

tenements (en)

a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments

tergiversation (en)

(noun) evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement; equivocation / (noun) desertion of a cause, position, party, or faith

tessitura (en)

(noun) the general range of a melody or voice part / (noun) the part of the register in which most of the tones of a melody or voice part lie

testeria (en)

(rare) Behavior exhibiting excessive irritability, aggression, or unreasonableness (from testes, coined as a feminist response to the use of hysteria)

Teutonic (en)

(noun) germanic

Thanatos (en)

(Greek mythology) the personification of death

thaumaturgy (en)

(noun) the performance of miracles / (noun) magic

the economy (en)

the area of the production, distribution, or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents in a given geographical location

the Matthew principle (en)

aka the Matthew effect of accumulated advantage, from the Gospel of Matthew: "For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away"

the state (en)

according to Max Weber: the human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of violence within a given territory

theodicy (en)

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

theophanies (en)

(noun) a visible manifestation of a deity

theosophical (en)

(noun) teaching about God and the world based on mystical insight / (noun) the teachings of a modern movement originating in the United States in 1875 and following chiefly Buddhist and Brahmanic theories especially of pantheistic evolution and reincarnation

There is no alternative (en)

a slogan refering to globalization popularised by Margaret Thatcher; means that the market economy is the only system that works, and that debate about this is over

Thermidorian (en)

a French political group active during the French Revolution, which launched a coup d'état against the leaders of the Jacobin Club in 1794

thetic (en)

(adjective) constituting or beginning with a poetic thesis

Thoreauvian (en)

refering to Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American writer and philosopher, or his writings; his best known book is "Walden," which praised nature, simplicity, and the importance of living an authentic, deliberate life

thrall (en)

(noun) a servant slave; bondman / (noun) serf / (noun) a person in moral or mental servitude / (noun) a state of servitude or submission / (noun) a state of complete absorption / (verb) enthrall enslave