34 Matching Annotations
  1. Jan 2025
    1. etho

      the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspiration

    2. implacably

      unable to be placated. placate- make (someone) less angry or hostile.

      relentless; unstoppable.

    3. zeal

      great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective

    4. inected

      In Grammar... change the form of (a word) to express a particular grammatical function or attribute, typically tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender.

      2. vary the intonation or pitch of (the voice), especially to express mood or feeling.

    5. discourse

      written or spoken communication or debate. "the language of political discourse"

      speak or write authoritatively about a topic.

    6. untenabilit

      especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection

    7. Bismarckian despotism

      Bismarckian despotism refers to the despotic rule of Otto von Bismarck in Germany. Despotism is a form of government where a single person or entity has absolute power

    8. din

      a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise.

    9. In ourwish to make ourselves heard, we tend very often to forget that theworld is a crowded place, and that if everyone were to insist on theradical purity or priority of one’s own voice, all we would havewould be the awful din of unending strife, and a bloody politicalmess

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    10. monolithic

      formed of a single large block of stone. 2. (of an organization or system) large, powerful, and intractably indivisible and uniform.

    11. ubversion

      the undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution

    12. fervent

      having or displaying a passionate intensity

    13. la mission civilisatrice

      The civilizing mission (Spanish: misión civilizadora; Portuguese: Missão civilizadora; French: Mission civilisatrice) is a political rationale for military intervention and for colonization purporting to facilitate the cultural assimilation of indigenous peoples,

    14. eceded

      withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.

    15. reactionary

      (of a person or a set of views) opposing political or social liberalization or reform

    16. pretentious

      attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.

    17. triumphalism

      excessive exultation over one's success or achievements (used especially in a political context)

    18. redolent

      strongly reminiscent or suggestive of

    19. rhetoric
      1. the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques
      2. language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.
    20. laden

      heavily loaded or weighed down

    21. expiate

      atone for (guilt or sin)

    22. antisepticall

      opposing microbial infection. especially : preventing or inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms (such as bacteria) in or on living tissue (such as the skin or mucous membranes)

    23. the elevated area of activity in which they “truly” belong and inwhich they did their “really” important work

      he is saying that critics of writers of the past often overlook their takes on "inferior" races when looking at their culture. They put culture on a sort of pedestal that only concerns their important works- the works we celebrate today- and that concerns where we think they belong.

    24. elegated

      def: * consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position.

    25. sordid

      def: * involving ignoble (not noble) actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt * dirty or squalid.

    26. venerating

      def * regard with great respect; revere

    27. Apollonian gentility

      a calm, rational, and well-ordered person who belongs to a superior social class.

    28. placid

      def 1. (of a person or animal) not easily upset or excited. 2. (especially of a place or stretch of water) calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity

    29. Second, and almost imperceptibly, culture is a concept thatincludes a rening and elevating element

      The second meaning of culture is a concept that aims to refine and elevate the "best" of a culture e.g. reading shakespeare as he is seen as one of the best poets

      A source of identity

    30. palliates

      definitions: * make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause * allay or moderate (fears or suspicions). * disguise the seriousness or gravity of (an offense).

    31. First of allit means all those practices, like the arts of description,communication, and representation, that have relative autonomyfrom the economic, social, and political realms and that often existin aesthetic forms, one of whose principal aims is pleasure.

      First definition of Culture is culture in the literal sense

    32. As one critic hassuggested, nations themselves are narrations. The power to narrate,or to block other narratives from forming and emerging, is veryimportant to culture and imperialism, and constitutes one of themain connections between them.

      Culture is in part dictated by the stories revolving around it. Who owns a land, who deserves to own it? All this can be decided in a narrative and ultimately the power to form a narrative or prevent other ones from taking hold is very important to culture and imperialism--> partly forms one of their connections.

    33. prototypical

      denoting the first, original, or typical form of something.

    34. supine

      definition: failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence.