The Hidden Enemy: Analysis, Paradigms



1 Diminish
Humiliate
Scold, moralize
Get smaller, make something smaller
Take turns, alternate
Hide, camouflage, obscure

2 Faculty
Authorization, freedom to do something
Bodily function
Perceptual ability
Mental function
Group of teachers, members of a profession, academic discipline, college department

3 Valid
Well grounded, likely to be true
Pale and angry
Courageous, of dauntless spirit
True, proven, legally certified
Good, beneficial

4 Modus Operandi
Working routine
Modern world
Man's silk-lined evening cape, worn with a white cashmere and silk scarf
Italian game in which one player guesses the number of fingers held up by the other player
Way of doing things, how a thing works

5 Paradigm
Intellectual framework through which to understand the universe, the world, society, or area of study
Retractable soft-top for vintage convertible car.
In language grammar, examples used in declensions and conjugations
Model of excellence, supremely excellent person or thing
Severe restriction placed on someone or something

6 Concept
An idea
A deliberate mistake that draws attention to the artist's skill, since it wouldn't show if the artist was no good.
Proposition constituent on concatenation of percepts and ratiocination
An interconnected set of objects, data, ideas and reason that combine to form a complete overall idea
Afflatus

7 Issue
A flow of fluid, disgusting gore or people, as from a river mouth, a wound, or a metro station at rush hour.
Children, offspring, descendants
Epithet expressing simultaneously the idea of a sneeze, a handkerchief and a polite response
A dissatisfaction caused by the conflict between two or more concepts.
Point of contention

8 Complementary
Free
Completion, enhancement
Easy
Admiring
Other half

9 Meta-Language
Hidden or higher language
Any computer programming language
Root language from which others develop.
Alternative language, as in euphemism and expletive
Words by which language describes itself, its components, methods and intentions

10 Meta-commentary
Explanatory notes set parallel to a foreign or difficult text
Interdisciplinary explanation of a project in which not all (or any?) of the participants are aware of joining.
Monthly world news update by international journalists in London
High praise, explanatory letter of recommendation for an award
Wide-ranging discussion controlled by Ancient Roman rules of debate