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=== | === Apophatic === | ||
Knowing what something is by knowing what it is not. | |||
Most often used in relation to christian theology; the belief that you can only know God through knowing what they are not.<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apophatic</ref> | |||
Etymology: From Greek ''apophatikΓ³s, meaning "denial".'' | |||
Found in: ''On Anarchism'' by Noam Chomsky, used in the context of anarchists defining anarchism apophatically, by describing anarchism through what anarchism opposes. | |||
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=== Concatenation === | === Concatenation === | ||
A series/string of interconnected things. | |||
"A group of things linked together or occurring together in a way that produces a particular result or effect."<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concatenation</ref> | |||
Also ''Concat: A function combining texts/strings.'' | |||
== π == | == π == | ||
=== Despotism === | === Despotism === | ||
An oppressive and often cruel exercise of power (by a government).<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/despotism</ref> | |||
Stemming from the Greek word ''despot:'' an autocratic ruler. | |||
Aristotle distinguishes despotism from tyranny; Defining tyranny as a form of governance that is acquired by force, maintained by violence and therefore inherently unstable. Whereas despotism is a continuous oppressive rule of its assenting subject by an absolute power. <ref>https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095713235</ref> | |||
=== Dialectic === | === Dialectic === | ||
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=== Hagiography === | === Hagiography === | ||
A term that refers to a biography which overtly and unjustifiably exalts its subject. | |||
Also: The biography and study of a saint. <ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hagiography</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 12:37, 24 January 2025
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Apophatic
Knowing what something is by knowing what it is not.
Most often used in relation to christian theology; the belief that you can only know God through knowing what they are not.[1]
Etymology: From Greek apophatikΓ³s, meaning "denial".
Found in: On Anarchism by Noam Chomsky, used in the context of anarchists defining anarchism apophatically, by describing anarchism through what anarchism opposes.
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Concatenation
A series/string of interconnected things.
"A group of things linked together or occurring together in a way that produces a particular result or effect."[2]
Also Concat: A function combining texts/strings.
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Despotism
An oppressive and often cruel exercise of power (by a government).[3]
Stemming from the Greek word despot: an autocratic ruler.
Aristotle distinguishes despotism from tyranny; Defining tyranny as a form of governance that is acquired by force, maintained by violence and therefore inherently unstable. Whereas despotism is a continuous oppressive rule of its assenting subject by an absolute power. [4]
Dialectic
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Fabulation
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Hagiography
A term that refers to a biography which overtly and unjustifiably exalts its subject.
Also: The biography and study of a saint. [5]
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Inoculate
Intransitive
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Manichaism
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Ned Ludd
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Opprobium
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Panacea
Positivism
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Solipistic
Stultifying
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Found in
- β https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apophatic
- β https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concatenation
- β https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/despotism
- β https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095713235
- β https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hagiography