Anthropomorphism noun
1. The ascription of human 
characteristics to things not human.

2. The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.


Anthropometry noun
1. The scientific study of the 
measurements and proportions of the human body.

2. Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings.


Epistemology noun
The theory of knowledge, especially 
with regard to its methods, 
validity, and scope, and the distinction 
between justified belief and opinion.


Phantasmagoria noun
1. A sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream. 

2. An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another.

3. The apparatus by which such an effect is produced.


Geomorphism noun
Of or resembling the earth or 
its shape or surface configuration


Glossary noun
1. A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words. (Webster’s)

2. “‘Glossary’ for readers from elsewhere, who don’t deal very well with unknown words or who want to understand everything. But, perhaps to establish for ourselves, ourselves as well, the long list of words within us whose sense escapes or, taking this further, to fix the syntax of this language we are babbling. The readers of here are future.”
Édouard Glissant, Malemort (Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1975)


Orthographic adjective
1. Of or pertaining to orthography, the art or practice of writing words with the proper
letters, according to standard usage.

2. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to right lines or angles. (Webster’s)


Paratext noun
Term coined by French literary theorist Gérard Genette: images and textual elements which surround, or are secondary to, the main body of a published work, such as introductions, prefaces, notes, front covers, and other material accompanying the text. (See also “Peritext”)