GLOSSARY
Abstention restraint in one's consumption; abstinence.
Acquiescence the reluctant acceptance of something without protest.
Aesthetical concerned with the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty.
Amalgam "a curious amalgam of the traditional and the modern" a mixture or blend.
Animosity strong hostility.
Antecedents a thing that existed before or logically precedes another.
Anthropological relating to the study of humankind.
Apathy lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
Arbitration use an arbitrator to settle a dispute. "the trust and consortium are likely to go to arbitration"
Articulation the action of putting into words an idea or feeling.
Artifact an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.
Ascendancy occupation of a position of dominant power or influence. "the ascendancy of good over evil"
Astute having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage.
Autistic a range of conditions (from autism to Asperger’s syndrome) characterized by difficulties in social interaction and communication and by restricted or repetitive patterns of thought and behaviour
Bacchanalian characterized by or given to drunken revelry.
Bias a concentration on or interest in one particular area or subject.
Binaries something having two parts a binary star.
Bourgeoisie the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
Callow (of a young person) inexperienced and immature.
Canonic according to or ordered by canon law.
"the canonical rites of the Roman Church"
Ceded give up (power or territory).
Chimera a thing which is hoped for but is illusory or impossible to achieve.
Commodify turn into or treat as a commodity.
"some conservationists have criticized the approach as commodifying nature"
Communal shared by all members of a community; for common use.
Compliance the state or fact of according with or meeting rules or standards.
Complicit involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong.
Conceptualisation an abstract idea or concept of something. "a new conceptualization of national identity"
Conformist a person who conforms to accepted behaviour or established practices.
Consummate make (a marriage or relationship) complete.
Contemporary belonging to or occurring in the present.
Contextually in a way that relates to the context or circumstances surrounding an event, statement, or idea. "the rules and regulations must be interpreted contextually"
Conundrum a confusing and difficult problem or question.
Convening come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble.
Cosmopolitan familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures.
Crux the decisive or most important point at issue.
Decipher succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something).
"visual signals help us decipher what is being communicated"
Deconstruct analyse (a text or linguistic or conceptual system) by deconstruction.
"she likes to deconstruct the texts, to uncover what they are not saying"
Delineates describe or portray (something) precisely.
Deludes make (someone) believe something that is not true.
Detriment a cause of harm or damage.
Dialogues a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film.
Diatribe a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.
Dichotomy a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different "a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism"
Diffusion the dissemination of elements of culture to another region or people.
Disparagingly tending to belittle or bring reproach upon
Dogma a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.
"the dogmas of faith"
Dominion sovereignty or control.
Duality.an instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects of something; a dualism. "his photographs capitalize on the dualities of light and dark, stillness and movement"
Empathy the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Enabled give (someone) the authority or means to do something; make it possible for.
Episteme refers to the orderly 'unconscious' structures underlying the production of scientific knowledge in a particular time and place.
Epitome a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
Espouse adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).
Ethnography the scientific description of peoples and cultures with their customs, habits, and mutual differences.
Eugenics the study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable.
Expansionism the policy of territorial or economic expansion.
Exponential (of an increase) becoming more and more rapid.
Factorial relating to a factor or factorial.
Fallacy a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments "the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy"
Fulcrum a thing that plays a central or essential role in an activity, event, or situation.
"research is the fulcrum of the academic community"
Governance the action or manner of governing a state, organization, etc. "a more responsive system of governance will be required"
Gravitas dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner
Hegemony leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.
Heirloom a valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations.
Heterogeneous diverse in character or content.
Hubris excessive pride or self-confidence.
Humanitarian concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare.
Ideologically in a way that relates to ideas or an ideology, especially of a political or economic nature "ideologically driven economic policies"
Imperialism a policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.
Imperative an essential or urgent thing.
Incapability lack of ability or capacity: inability, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, powerlessness.
Insatiable (of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy "an insatiable hunger for success"
Interiorised make part of one's own mental or spiritual being "an attempt to interiorize and mentally crystallize the unpredictable world"
Interlocutor a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.
Irony a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result.
Jargon special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.
Kaleidoscope a toy consisting of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of coloured glass or paper, whose reflections produce changing patterns when the tube is rotated.
Malfeasance wrongdoing, especially (US) by a public official.
Manifests show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.
Masculinity qualities or attributes regarded as characteristic of men.
Mediatised as a consequence of this process, institutions and whole societies are shaped by and dependent on mass media.
Metaphor a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Metaphysical involving things not belonging to physical world; relating to poets using complicated images.
Mitigate lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake).
Morphed undergo or cause to undergo a gradual process of transformation.
Mutualism the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.
Mythology a set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, especially when exaggerated or fictitious.
Naissance a birth, an origination, or a growth, as that of a person, an organization, an idea, or a movement.
Narrative a representation of a particular situation or process in such a way as to reflect or conform to an overarching set of aims or values "the coalition's carefully constructed narrative about its sensitivity to recession victims"
Narcissism selfishness, involving a sense of entitlement, a lack of empathy, and a need for admiration, as characterizing a personality type.
Olfactory relating to the sense of smell.
Other that which is distinct from, different from, or opposite to something or oneself.
"she needs to escape the tyranny of the Other"
Opaque (especially of language) hard or impossible to understand.
Paradigms a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles.
Paradox a statement or proposition which, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems logically unacceptable or self-contradictory "the liar paradox".
Perpendicular a straight line at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface.
Perpetuates make (something) continue indefinitely.
Phatic denoting or relating to language used for general purposes of social interaction, rather than to convey information or ask questions.
Philistine a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts.
Phronesis an ancient Greek word for a type of wisdom or intelligence. It is more specifically a type of wisdom relevant to practical action, implying both good judgement and excellence of character and habits, sometimes referred to as "practical virtue".
Positivism the theory that laws and their operation derive validity from the fact of having been enacted by authority or of deriving logically from existing decisions, rather than from any moral considerations (e.g. that a rule is unjust).
Posturing behaviour that is intended to impress or mislead "a masking of fear with macho posturing"
Pragmatically in terms of philosophical or political pragmatism "the acceptance of an empirical belief might be pragmatically justified"
Principle a rule or belief governing one's behaviour.
"struggling to be true to their own principles"
Prejudice preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
"prejudice against people from different backgrounds"
Prevarication If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision.
Pronoun a word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it, this ).
Propagated spread and promote (an idea, theory, etc.) widely.
Proselytization convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.
Psychic relating to the soul or mind.
Psychosis a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.
Rhetorical expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress.
Seditious inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
Semantic relating to meaning in language or logic.
Signifier a sign's physical form (such as a sound, printed word, or image) as distinct from its meaning.
Simile a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ).
Spectre something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence.
"the spectre of nuclear holocaust"
Suffragettes a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest.
Tantamount equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as "the resignations were tantamount to an admission of guilt"
Technocracy the government or control of society or industry by an elite of technical experts.
"failure in the war on poverty discredited technocracy"
Transcend be or go beyond the range or limits of (a field of activity or conceptual sphere).
"this was an issue transcending party politics"
Trepidation a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.
Trope a significant or recurrent theme; a motif.
Ubiquitous present, appearing, or found everywhere.
Valourised give or ascribe value or validity to "the culture valorizes the individual"
Vernacular the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.