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Stemming from the Greek word ''despot:'' an autocratic ruler. | 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 | 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 abiding subject by an absolute power, the only power they now. <ref>https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095713235</ref> | ||
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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 only 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 abiding subject by an absolute power, the only power they now. [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
To inoculate is to introduce an infective agent into an organism, to treat, prevent or to immunize from a disease.[6]
It can also be used analogously to mean the introduction or implantation of a thought/idea into a mind.
Etymology/original use in Middle English: "to insert a bud in a plant for propagation."[6] π
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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References
- 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
- β Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inoculate