Mother Night Glossary

Mother Night Glossary

Radical

Advocating social reform in a revolutionary manner

Status quo

Maintaining the existing rules of society

Superior

To be of a higher status

Rogue

A dishonest person

Self-censorship

Control over what one says and does

Allied

In combination or working together with

Conquer

To take control of a place after defeating opponents

Renounce

To reject

morbid

Melancholy preoccupation with death and all things gloomy.

queer

Any deviation from the expectations of normalcy.

spavined

Not just old, but worn out, decrepit and now considered useless.

gasbag

Descriptive of someone who talks incessantly, excessively and to no particular point.

fatalism

A philosophy toward life which views all fate as predetermined and unavoidable.

tautly

Stretched or pull to the extremities of tightness.

nihilism

Philosophical view toward life which takes the perspective that everything is meaningless and the pursuit toward finding meaning is fruitless and doomed.

apolitical

A complete and comprehensive decision to reject subscribing to any specific political view or belong to any political party.

schizophrenia

A mental disorder charactered by difficulties in perceiving the demarcation between reality and illusion.

avocation

A hobby or secondary profession that is not the primary money-earning labor for a person.

invective

Angry, sensationalistic critique.

purgatory

A limbo state reserved for torment and suffering.

flabbergasted

Taken completely by surprise in a shocking way.

consternation

An expression of anxiety and nervous agitation.

celibacy

A period of abstinence from sexual relations.

supercilious

Acting in an arrogant and superior way to others.

copious

A notably large volume or amount.

inclination

A predisposition or fondness for doing somethin or believing something.

bequeath

To bestow, donate or entrust.

mendacity

A propensity for untruthfulness.

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