...I would identify a more recent and widespread tendency to remove evil from the realm of a properly human interpretation: what I call a postmodern teratology of the sublime.
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Teratology
Synonyms for "teratology" (31 found)
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16 translations across 13 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τερατολογία noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 畸形學 /畸形学 noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
Finnish
1 entries- teratologia noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
French
2 entries- tératologie noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
- tératologie noun ((toxicology) study of the mechanisms in bringing about malformations.)
Galician
1 entries- teratoloxía noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
Greek
1 entries- τερατολογία noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
Indonesian
1 entries- teratologi noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
Italian
2 entries- teratologia noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
- teratologia noun ((toxicology) study of the mechanisms in bringing about malformations.)
Japanese
1 entries- 奇形学 noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
Manx
2 entries- anchroo-oaylleeaght noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
- anchroo-oaylleeaght noun ((toxicology) study of the mechanisms in bringing about malformations.)
Polish
1 entries- teratologia noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
Portuguese
1 entries- teratologia noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
Spanish
1 entries- teratología noun ((medicine) study of congenital malformations)
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Despite being productive in embodying and critiquing human problems, however, the incorporation of the cyborg into teratology overlooks one important aspect that distinguishes this cybernetic creature from the rest of the monster phylum: we are able to choose how to fabricate and use the cyborg.
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In this way, this analysis has aimed at expanding gaga feminism by undertaking a critical teratology, that is, of course, the study of monsters
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Miranda Francus notes that in the West, the image of the fecund female has often been associated with monstrosity: 'misogyny and teratology have always met in the image of the maternal monster'.
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