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Anagnorisis: [Greek]: (a•nag•nor•e•ses); “life-changing realization or recognition thereof”;
[modern definition]: The moment wherein a person either realizes or identifies his|her true nature, recognizes another character’s true nature, discovers the true nature of his|her situation, or that of others – leading to a resolution or the beginning of a just and proper cause. -
Apophenia: the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things. Apophenia can be considered a commonplace effect of brain function within a liminal state of anagnorisis or peripeteia. [see also Pareidolia]
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Compeer: a person of equal rank, status, or ability; ascendent/descendent
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Cume: [marketing]; cumulative/accumulated audience: the number of people reached by an advertising or broadcasting medium over a specified period of time
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Cryptonym: a code name
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Delusive: giving a false or misleading impression [agitprop]
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Discrete: separate: [mathematics]; of a topology or topological space having the property for every subset as an open set defined only for an isolated set of points: a discrete variable using only arithmetic and algebra [discrete methods] not involving calculus.
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Dispersion Trading: directionless strategy for index arbitrage based on trading options for an index against options for [some of] its constituents. Counter-measured by either selling Strangles or Iron Condors in the index while buying them in one [or a few] of the components; or vice-versa. (use ticker: DSPX)
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Economic Deprivation: a condition in which individuals or households struggle to meet their basic needs. It is a state in which individuals perceive that what they need or are entitled to is ignored or denied. When economic deprivation is defined by a liminal absolute, deprivation is said to be permanent.
Deprivation can be relative and has no fixed standard. In economics, relative deprivation is also referred to as inequality and injustice.
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Financial Solidarity: the firm and persevering determination in economics to commit to the common good- the good of all, and of each individual. A virtue directed to serve humanity, instead of oppression and tyranny. Antithetical to The Tragedy of the Commons.
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Hedonic Setpoint Reversion: (hee•don•ik); “absence of understanding or inability to understand at a second level”;
[modern definition]: The personal baseline-level of content one reverts to, despite any higher-level understanding from positive life-changing events or knowledge. -
Mentee: see Protégé
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Nascent: just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential, especially of a process or organization