Sydney Ann Fitz-George Flashcards
Consanguinity
Consanguinity (“blood relation”, from Latin consanguinitas) is the characteristic of having a kinship with another person (being descended from a common ancestor). E.G., marriage between first cousins.
Elision
The process of joining together or merging things, especially abstract ideas.
“unease at the elision of so many vital questions”
etiolated
1.
(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light.
“etiolated leaf segments”
2.
having lost vigour or substance; feeble.
“a tone of etiolated nostalgia”
Illecebrous
Borrowed from Late Latin and Latin illecebrōsus (“attractive, enticing”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting possession or presence of a quality, commonly in abundance).
Simony
Simony is the act of selling church offices and roles or sacred things. It is named after Simon Magus, who is described in the Acts of the Apostles as having offered two disciples of Jesus payment in exchange for their empowering him to impart the power of the Holy Spirit to anyone on whom he would place his hands.
Euphony
the quality of being pleasing to the ear. “the poet put euphony before mere factuality”
Aphorism
An aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: aphorismos, denoting ‘delimitation’, ‘distinction’, and ‘definition’) is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.[1] Aphorisms are often handed down by tradition from generation to generation.
It is not possible to step into the same river twice.
— Heraclitus
Meridional
1.
of or in the south; southern.
“the meridional leg of the journey”
2.
relating to a meridian.
“the meridional line of demarcation”
noun
a native or inhabitant of southern Europe, especially the south of France.
syncretism
/ˈsɪŋkrɪtɪz(ə)m/
noun
1.
the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought.
“interfaith dialogue can easily slip into syncretism”
2.
LINGUISTICS
the merging of different inflectional varieties of a word during the development of a language.
Synecdoche
Synecdoche (/sɪˈnɛkdəki/ sin-NEK-də-kee[1]) is a type of metonymy; it is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something is used to refer to the whole (pars pro toto), or vice versa (totum pro parte).[2][3][4][5] The term is derived from the Greek συνεκδοχή.[a]
An example of a synecdoche: the term “boot” can be used to mean “soldier”.
Examples of common English synecdoches include suits for businessmen, wheels for automobile, and boots for soldiers. Another example is the use of government buildings to refer to their resident agencies or bodies, such as “The Pentagon” for the United States Department of Defense.[7] An example from British English is using “Downing Street” as a metonym for “the Office of the Prime Minister”.
Splendificent
The greatness of something
Adumbration
The act of giving the main facts and not the details about something, or something that gives these main facts:
Foreshadow a future event
To sketch in outline
Unavailingly
When an attempt to do something is unavailing, it is unsuccessful or has no positive effect:
Diplomatic efforts at peace-making have so far proved unavailing.
Perorations
The concluding part of a speech typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in an audience.
Pellucid
Translucent, easily understood.
Imprimatur
A person’s authoritative approval.
“the original LP enjoyed the imprimatur of the composer”
Epiphenomenon
A mental state regarded as a by-product of brain activity.
A ghost in the machine.
Secondary phenomenon occurring alongside or parallel to a primary phenomenon.
Enantiodromia
The tendency of things to change into their opposites, especially as a supposed governing principle of natural cycles and of psychological development.
“the remorseless enantiodromia between good luck and bad”
In Psychological Types, Jung defines enantiodromia as “the emergence of the unconscious opposite in the course of time.” It is similar to the principle of equilibrium in the natural world, in that any extreme is opposed by the system in order to restore balance.
Shadow aspect - In analytical psychology, the shadow (also known as ego-dystonic complex, repressed id, shadow aspect, or shadow archetype) is an unconscious aspect of the personality that does not correspond with the ego ideal, leading the ego to resist and project the shadow. In short, the shadow is the self’s emotional blind spot, projected (as archetypes—or, metaphorical sense-image complexes, personified within
s’encanailler
To slum it in seedy neighbourhoods
Peroration
The concluding part of a speech intended to inspire enthusiasm in an audience.
Lumpenproleteriat
The unorganised and unpolitical lower orders of society who are not interested in revolutionary advancement.
