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Blattodephobia

by damonp on September 10, 2007

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n. The fear of cockroaches

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Reductive

by damonp on January 11, 2007

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adj. characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment;
“their views of life were reductive and depreciabory” – R.H.Rovere

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Deportment

14 December 2006

n. A manner of personal conduct; behavior.

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Somnambulist

6 December 2006

a person who engages in somnambulism (sleepwalking) a term used in hypnosis to indicate someone of high enough suggestibility to follow suggestions without the need for a formal trance

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Hegemony

23 June 2006

Hegemony is the dominance of one group over other groups, with or without the threat of force, to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; more broadly, cultural perspectives become skewed to favor the dominant group. Hegemony controls the ways that ideas become “naturalized” in [...]

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Agonist

5 June 2006

An agonist is a substance that binds to a receptor and triggers a response in the cell. An agonist is the opposite of an antagonist in the sense that while an antagonist also binds to the receptor, the antagonist fails to activate the receptor and actually blocks it from activation by agonists. Wikipedia: Agonist

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Pandemic / Epidemic

26 May 2006

A pandemic (from Greek pan all + demos people) is an epidemic (an outbreak of an infectious disease) that spreads worldwide, or at least across a large region. Wikipedia: Pandemic

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Motility

25 May 2006

A biological term which refers to the ability to move spontaneously and independently Wikipedia: Motility

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Pandering

22 May 2006

to pander To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp. To tempt, usually by appealing to improper motivators such as religious bias or racist opinions.

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Paripatetic

25 April 2006

adj. Walking about or from place to place; traveling on foot. Peripatetic Of or relating to the philosophy or teaching methods of Aristotle, who conducted discussions while walking about in the Lyceum of ancient Athens. n. One who walks from place to place; an itinerant. Peripatetic A follower of the philosophy of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.

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