Thursday, July 20, 2006

Pogrom

An organized, often officially encouraged massacre or persecution of a minority group

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Animus

(1) An attitude that informs one's actions; disposition.
(2) A feeling of animosity; ill will. See Synonyms at enmity.
(3) In Jungian psychology, the masculine inner personality as present in women.

Daguerreotype

(1) An early photographic process with the image made on a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate.
(2) A photograph made by this process.

Ouevre

(1) A work of art.
(2) The sum of the lifework of an artist, writer, or composer.