Phase I-B

Question 1

Acosmism

Answer 1

Acosmism (uh-cos-mis-um): non-cosmic; denies a physical universe; only God is real

Question 2

Aesthetic

Answer 2

Aesthetic (es-ˈthe-tik): concerned with aesthetics and the beautiful

Question 3

Amorist

Answer 3

Amorist (ˈa-mə-rist): a devotee of love, especially sexual love

Question 4

Amphiboly

Answer 4

Amphiboly (am-ˈfi-bə-lē): a phrase that can have multiple meanings, i.e., ‘red tape holds up new bridge’

Question 5

Anacoluthon

Answer 5

Anacoluthon (an·a·co·ˈlu·thon): a logical inconsistency in a sentence; it jumps to another unrelated thought

Question 6

Ataraxia

Answer 6

Ataraxia (ˌa-tə-ˈrak-sē-ə): a state of serene calmness

Question 7

Autochthonic

Answer 7

Autochthonic (auto·caw·thon·ic): native; indigenous to a region

Question 8

Autopathetic

Answer 8

Autopathetic: something that is useless or worthless

Question 9

Being-for-other

Answer 9

Being-for-other: Hegel - perceptibility

Question 10

Being-for-self

Answer 10

Being-for-self: Hegel - infinity collapsed down into simple being, it transcends otherness

Question 11

Being-in-itself

Answer 11

Being-in-itself: Hegel - individuality; what is implicit or potential, i.e., like a seed ‘in itself’ is a plant

Question 12

Casuistry

Answer 12

Casuistry (ˈkaz-yoo-is-tree): sophistry, unsound reasoning

Question 13

Conventicle

Answer 13

Conventicle (kən-ˈven-ti-kəl): an unlawful political assembly or religious meeting

Question 14

Daemon

Answer 14

Daemon (ˈdēmən): an evil spirit; to the Greeks, a supernatural being located between a god and a man

Question 15

Daimon

Answer 15

Daimon (die-moan): an inner spirit or inspiring force

Question 16

Demiurge

Answer 16

Demiurge (dem·ee·urge): a Gnostic or Platonic subordinate deity who created the material world

Question 17

Demiurgic

Answer 17

Demiurgic (ˈde-mē-ˌər-jik): a powerful, creative force or personality

Question 18

Dialectic

Answer 18

Dialectic (de·a·ˈlec·tic): investigating or discussing the truth of ideas or opinions

Question 19

Dishabille

Answer 19

Dishabille (ˌdis-ə-ˈbēl): being dressed in a disheveled, disordered manner

Question 20

Docetism

Answer 20

Docetism (dō-ˈsē-ˌti-zəm): the heresy that Jesus’ body was only an illusion (a phantasma)

Question 21

Elegiac

Answer 21

Elegiac (ˌe-lə-ˈjī-ək): a serious poem, often a lament for the dead

Question 22

Entelechy

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Entelechy (en-ˈte-lə-key): the realization of potential

Question 23

Epideictic

Answer 23

Epideictic (ˌepəˈdike-tik): Aristotelian ceremonial discourse used to eulogize or blame. Like funeral eulogies or letters of recommendation

Question 24

Epistemology

Answer 24

Epistemology (e·pis·te·ˈmol·o·gy): the theory of knowledge; what distinguishes justified belief from opinion

Question 25

Epistolary

Answer 25

Epistolary (ˌe-pi-ˈstȯ-lə-rē): something written in the form a letter