Month 4- Word of the Day 30
Thanatism
means
the belief that the soul dies with the body.
Thanatism
means
the belief that the soul dies with the body.
Flimflam means deception or swindle or nonsensical or insincere talk. “pseudo-intellectual flimflam” a confidence trick. “flimflams perpetrated against us by our elected officials” The agent won’t fall for his flimflam.
Shtick means comedy routine. A good comedian has a well- honed shtick.
Secularization Thesis means A historical process in which religion is losing a presumed central place in society, perhaps as an unavoidable consequence of modernization, through institutional differentiation, changing patterns of legitimation and authority, rationalization, privatization, and individuation. It implies a unilinear historical development positing an inevitable decline of religion and /or religiosity.
Spange means to collect spare change, either from couches, passerby’s on the street or any numerous other ways and means. Jimmy does not have enough for the show, he will have to spange.
Titanism means Spirit of revolt or defiance against social conventions. You may read more about titanism here
Word for today is Somaticize means to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms. Pronunciation: [suh–mat–uh-sahyz, soh-muh-tuh-] Brislin suggests take the culturally accepted route: somaticize, whether it is the liver, head, stomach or heart that takes the brunt. [ Source extract – The Development of Emotional Competence By Carolyn Saarni]