Unusual and Exploratory Words

[Nicholas]

Euphony

from dictionary.com:

agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, especially a pleasant sounding or harmonious combination or succession of words.

the majestic euphony of Milton's poetry.

Great find! Reminds me of the search for Euphoria at weekend raves. Also connected is how something feels  or resonates, regardless of whether something is intellectually grasped or not.

[Plenum]

inalienable: most famously used in the Declaration of Independence.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

[Plenum]

vivisecting and eviscerating.

Neither is the nicest word, and both concepts are inherently harsh and violent.

But in exploring some subconscious patterns, I've noticed that both have been utilised as 'response mechanisms' to extremely unfavourable situations.  Doesn't solve the problem; but temporarily 'relieves it'; but at great personal self-expense down the road.

Psychic (inner) violence is a real thing, folks.

[Patrick]

In quebec's french language, we have lots of words with a similar meaning to f*** but with a gradience of intent. They can be lined up in creative ways.

Short example:

This is fucking great.

Osti de tabarnak de criss que ceci est calissement fucking génial. (kinda just means rly.. fucking great)

Yeah that can put one in some difficulties in business meetings with English speakers.  It has happened to me a couple times.  Like: "Bravo, c'est fucking good ça les gars!"
 

[Plenum]

permissivity: the quality (or aspect) of having permission (or not).

[AnthroHeart]

libidinous - showing excessive sexual drive; lustful

Jason Bateman who did the voice of Nick Wilde in Zootopia.

[Spaced]

I'm still thinking about the word Honestation which you brought up the other day Plenum

Honestation
Hon`es`ta´tion
n. 1. The act of honesting; grace; adornment.

[AnthroHeart]

I'm still thinking about the word Honestation which you brought up the other day Plenum

Honestation
Hon`es`ta´tion
n. 1. The act of honesting; grace; adornment.

Wow, your word was much more insightful than mine.

[Plenum]

Designator

just like an 'actor' acts, a 'director' directs, a Designator expresses the activity of 'designating'.

Some folks may recall the Simcity games, where you could 'zone' things as being residential, business, power generator etc.  This is a way of 'designating'.

[Dekalb_Blues]

Well, I Don't Know What You're Talking About, But It Sounds Damn Saucy!! Dept., George III/Regency Era


None Of Those Dreadful Tinny Sort Of Words Dept., George VI Era

[Plenum]

Transubstantiation: usually a Term associated with a religious setting, but I think it can be repurposed and regeneralised, so that it can be true to it's etymological roots.

[Dekalb_Blues]

Apohenia is the human tendency to perceive meaningful patterns within random data.
 This simple abstract figure, which merely consists of three circles and a line, is perceived by humans (and some other animals) as a (human or ape) face, despite having only a few of the features of actual such faces



The first use of the term is attributed to Klaus Conrad by Peter Brugger, who defined it as the "unmotivated seeing of connections" accompanied by a "specific experience of an abnormal meaningfulness". Apophenia has come to imply a universal human tendency to seek patterns in random information, such as gambling.

In 1958, Klaus Conrad published a monograph titled Die beginnende Schizophrenie. Versuch einer Gestaltanalyse des Wahns ("The onset of schizophrenia: an attempt to form an analysis of delusion"), in which he described in groundbreaking detail the prodromal mood and earliest stages of schizophrenia. He coined the word "Apophänie" to characterize the onset of delusional thinking in psychosis. Conrad's theories on the genesis of schizophrenia have since been partially, yet inconclusively, confirmed in psychiatric literature when tested against empirical findings.

Conrad's neologism* was translated into English as "apophenia" (from the Greek apo [away from] + phaenein [to show]) to reflect the fact that a person with schizophrenia initially experiences delusion as revelation.

In contrast to an epiphany†, an apophany (i.e., an instance of apophenia) does not provide insight into the nature of reality or its interconnectedness but is a "process of repetitively and monotonously experiencing abnormal meanings in the entire surrounding experiential field". Such meanings are entirely self-referential, solipsistic‡, and paranoid‡‡ — "being observed, spoken about, the object of eavesdropping, followed by strangers". Thus the English term "apophenia" has a somewhat different meaning than that which Conrad defined when he coined the term "Apophänie".

(from Wikipedia article "Apophenia" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia)

A common place for this to manifest is in the kind of phenomenon addressed in this Bring4th forum thread:  Have you ever been given a sign from the cosmos?

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* A neologism (from Greek νέο- néo-, "new" and λόγος lógos, "speech, utterance") is the name for a relatively new or isolated term, word, or phrase that may be in the process of entering common use, but that has not yet been fully accepted into mainstream language. Neologisms are often directly attributable to a specific person, publication, period, or event.

† An epiphany (from the ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια, epiphaneia, "manifestation, striking appearance") is an experience of sudden and striking realization. Generally the term is used to describe scientific breakthrough, religious or philosophical discoveries, but it can apply in any situation in which an enlightening realization allows a problem or situation to be understood from a new and deeper perspective. Epiphanies are studied by psychologists and other scholars, particularly those attempting to study the process of innovation.

Epiphanies are relatively rare occurrences and generally follow a process of significant thought about a problem. Often they are triggered by a new and key piece of information, but importantly, a depth of prior knowledge is required to allow the leap of understanding. Famous epiphanies include Archimedes's discovery of a method to determine the density of an object ("Eureka!") and Isaac Newton's realization that a falling apple and the orbiting moon are both pulled by the same force.

‡ Solipsism ( from Latin solus, meaning "alone", and ipse, meaning "self") is the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist. As an epistemological position, solipsism holds that knowledge of anything outside one's own mind is unsure; the external world and othe minds cannot be known and might not exist outside of the mind. As a metaphysical position, solipsism goes further to the conclusion that the world and other minds do not exist.

‡‡ Paranoia is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself (e.g. "Everyone is out to get me"). Paranoia is distinct from phobias, which also involve irrational fear, but usually no blame. Making false accusations and the general distrust of others also frequently accompany paranoia. For example, an incident most people would view as an accident or coincidence, a paranoid person might believe was intentional.


NONRATIONAL CONCERN

The individual reared in a Western cultural setting is often at a disadvantage when faced with the problem of learning, because of his preoccupation with the question of 'dominate or be dominated,' to which he gives intense and undiscriminating emphasis. He is often aware of the 'problem' in only the crude form ('dominate or be dominated'), and his literary and philosophical roots give him little ability to realize that the problem is centered around the assumption that there is no more rarified possibility than 'struggle or be struggled against.' Some Western observers have noticed this essential crisis. Under the heading of 'Nonrational Concern,' the editors of a recent symposium [A. E. Biderman and H. Zimmer (editors) The Manipulation of Human Behavior, New York, 1961, p. 4]  refer to this inherent characteristic:

'. . . the inability to make others fulfill one's wishes; and the reverse, the fear of being controlled by others, with the consequent loss of the autonomy that is believed to be fundamental to the conception of the self. These opposites are incongruously exaggerated in paranoid thinking, one of the most prevalent mental symptoms of Western man.'

--- "Annotation" from Idries Shah, The Sufis, New York, 1964, p. 434




There's a fine line between the miraculous domain-leaping connectivity of genius and the draco-spiralling projective fallacies of madness; so much depends upon the percipient human's ability to self-reference itself (rather more humorously and self-compassionately than dead-seriously) in the act of the most poignantly self-provocative and self-interesting perception, so as to orient itself properly in the super-rich field of transdimensional superimposition and synchronicity (with all its breath-takingly complex symbolism) to be found in the domain of the deep psyche.




http://theendlessfurther.com/qian-the-cr...principle/ :

Example of Doing It Right, on many levels:



(Artist Nathaniel Barlam's commentary on his "Amelia Illustrated", https://www.behance.net/gallery/24823651...llustrated -- pour lagniappe, Joni aficionados will also dig his "Song For Sharon Illustrated" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1UXqTDIfIY)

Word.





Hey, what a synchronistic coincidence, the recurring hexagram-lines motif... something must be trying to tell me something!

[Plenum]

implacable: something that cannot be made peace with, unrelenting

[Plenum]

molarity:  the study of molars.  

May be usefully contrasted with polarity; the proper study for those entities known as human beans.

[Nicholas]

implacable: something that cannot be made peace with, unrelenting

Can this also apply to someone, as well as something?

[Plenum]

sure can!

some pets are truly implacable, when it comes to playfulness, for example.

humorous application

[Nicholas]

Numen, a latin term for divinity. I came across it while watching a Carl Jung interview on Transference & Archetypes

While reading up on it on the wiki page it sounded very much like Ra's description of intelligent energy, in the way the word and it's etymological roots were described. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numen

[sunnysideup]

Iota
1. a very small quantity; jot; whit.
2. the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (I, ι).
3. the vowel sound represented by this letter.

Zealous
1. full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent.

Cacophony
1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance.
2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds.
3. Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.

[isis]

[Nicholas]

Mentalization


"In psychology, mentalization is the ability to understand the mental state, of oneself or others, that underlies overt behaviour.[1] Mentalization can be seen as a form of imaginative mental activity that lets us perceive and interpret human behaviour in terms of intentional mental states (e.g., needs, desires, feelings, beliefs, goals, purposes, and reasons).[2][3] It is sometimes described as "understanding misunderstanding." Another term that David Wallin has used for mentalization is "Thinking about thinking".[4]Mentalization can occur either automatically or consciously. Mentalization ability, or mentalizing, is weakened by intense emotion."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentalization

[Dekalb_Blues]

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[Note: Text liberally & lazily snitched from Wackypedia here & there as needed, in lieu of over-exerting my tiny grey cells]

Corpsing is British theatrical slang for unintentionally breaking character by laughing. In North American TV and film, this is commonly referred to as breaking*, and it is generally categorized as a blooper. The origin of the term corpsing itself is unclear, but may come from (provoking an actor into) breaking character by laughing while portraying a corpse. As the name suggests, many examples of corpsing have been created from actors performing this role or related roles, such as a sleeping or unconscious character.

* From "breaking the fourth wall" (i.e., the illusionary reality-division between real life and fictional onstage life, an invisible plane demarking the audience's conventional point of suspension of disbelief in regards to the dramatic mise-en-scène, defined by the proscenium arch. For a bravura comedic treatment of the attempt at transcendence of this convention by the so-called "New Theater" movement, see Bill Irwin's brilliant work in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AVifTdjtvE

Oops:


Oops -- or not? Your call. It seems to me to be a dead young woman with her eyelids not quite closed, notwithstanding
the seeming false-flag psyop nature of the very politically convenient warmonger's-cause-friendly event in question:

http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/gl...in/ri19458

A significant aspect of the corpsing phenomenon is the frequently deliberate and usually benign attempts among actors to cause uncontrollable laughter in fellow cast members. During the "Pete and Dud" sketches in the BBC comedy series Not Only... But Also, Peter Cook would deliberately ad lib in an attempt to make Dudley Moore corpse—and he invariably succeeded. But he himself sometimes succumbed to the absurdity of the proceedings:



One of the most famous American examples of comedy partners corpsing is Tim Conway's effect on Harvey Korman during The Carol Burnett Show...



... although Conway considered the other cast members fair game as well, as in this ultimately censored bit: