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Agonism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the idea of opponents who want to annihilate one another. . . To enter the agon, each the mortal enemy of each.

Ambivalence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a relation toward something that one has not yet mastered.

Antisemitism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the rumor about the Jews.

Auschwitz (n.) begins ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: They're only animals.

The Authoritarian personality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠composed of nine social psychological traits that tended to cluster around authoritarianism. These include conventionalism, authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression, anti-intellectualism, anti-intraception, superstition and stereotypy, power and 'toughness', destructiveness and cynicism, projectivity, and exaggerated concerns over sex.

The Authoritarian personality (n.) derives ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from immense anger towards the parent for harsh parenting which leads one to identify with and idolize authority figures. It also suggested a redirecting of anger toward the father on account of suppressed homosexuality.

Authoritarianism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠associated with deference to authority figures, hostility towards those outside the dominant social group, such as ethnic minorities, and strong right-wing or even fascist political beliefs.

Authoritarianism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠related to excessive parental discipline causing the child to displace aggression from its parents to other, weaker individuals.

Carrion-eating (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the method of dictating a text to a scribe such that when one returns to it later, one does so with the eye of a stranger who can ravage it unapologetically.

Catastrophe (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not some momentary event, but the state of the very 'normal' in an administered (rationalized) world.