The Order of Things Glossary

by Michel Foucault

The Order of Things Glossary

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Distinction

A difference between two or more things/people

Embalm

To protect a corpse from decay

Exotic

Something that comes from a distant, foreign country

Innumerable

A countless number of things/people (too many to be counted)

Profusion

A great number of something

Profound

Complex; intense

Reign

The period during which somebody rules

Tame

Domesticated; not rabid

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