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déliquescent
/de.li.kɛ.sɑ̃/Melting away or falling into decay
Une société déliquescente cherche ses repères.
A dissolving society seeks its bearings.
ineffable
/i.ne.fabl/Too great or extreme to be expressed in words
Une beauté ineffable l'envahit.
An ineffable beauty overwhelmed him.
l'apophtegme
/a.pɔf.tɛɡm/A short pithy instructive saying
Cet apophtegme résume sa philosophie.
This maxim sums up his philosophy.
l'entéléchie
/ɑ̃.te.le.ʃi/The realisation of potential; a philosophical concept
L'art est l'entéléchie de l'imagination.
Art is the entelechy of imagination.
l'épistémologie
/e.pis.te.mo.lɔ.ʒi/The branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge
L'épistémologie interroge les sources du savoir.
Epistemology questions the sources of knowledge.
l'oxymore
/ɔk.si.mɔʁ/A figure of speech combining contradictory terms
"Silence éloquent" est un oxymore classique.
"Eloquent silence" is a classic oxymoron.
la parrhésie
/pa.ʁe.zi/Frank, uninhibited speech, especially to power
La parrhésie est rare dans les cours royales.
Parrhesia is rare in royal courts.
la sérendipité
/se.ʁɑ̃.di.pi.te/The faculty of making happy discoveries by accident
La pénicilline est née de la sérendipité.
Penicillin was born from serendipity.
la weltanschauung
/vɛlt.an.ʃa.uŋ/A comprehensive vision of the world (German loanword)
Sa weltanschauung est profondément humaniste.
His worldview is deeply humanist.
palimpseste
/pa.lɛ̃p.sɛst/A manuscript where writing has been erased and rewritten
La mémoire est un palimpseste.
Memory is a palimpsest.