Theresa Louise M. Lagman.
Toronto, Canada.

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TOWER OF BABEL

[noun/title]

The Tower of Babel (Hebrew: מגדל בבל‎ Migdal Bavel Arabic: برج بابل‎ Burj Babil) according to the Book of Genesis, was an enormous tower built in the plain of Shinar (Hebrew: שנער‎). The phrase “The Tower of Babel” does not actually appear in the Bible; it is always, “the city and its tower” (אֶת-הָעִיר וְאֶת-הַמִּגְדָּל) or just “the city” (הָעִיר). It is thought that the city received the name “Babel”, from the Hebrew word “balal”, meaning to jumble.

According to the biblical account, a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating from the east, came to the land of Shinar, where they resolved to build a city with a tower that reached the heavens. God seeing this project was affronted with the audacity of humanity thus resolved to confound their speech by creating thousands of different languages so that the people would not be able to communicate effectively to complete their goal. The result was humanity scattering itself across the world, taking their individual languages with them whilst the tower remained unfinished.

[Jacek Yerka, Marten Van Valckenborch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Ziv Qual, Jaroslaw Kukowski, Marten Van Valckenborch] [Other depictions of Babel]

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COITION

[noun]

1. a coming together.

2. sexual intercourse, particularly between a man and woman.

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EISOPTROMANIA

[noun]

1. a compulsion to keep looking at oneself in a mirror.

2. an abnormal and persistent desire by people to see themselves in mirrors.

3. a love of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.

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SPINOPHOBIA

[noun]

fear of thorns, spines, prickles and other sharp structures.

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AKATHISIA [aka ACATHISIA]

[noun]

(Ancient Greek: from καθίζειν - kathízein - “to sit” with a privative a as prefix expressing negation or absence; literally meaning “inability to sit”) also known as restless leg syndrome; a disorder in which there is an urge or need to move the legs to stop unpleasant sensations; the inability to sit still or remain motionless. 

Finally finished my Green Lantern painting! Enjoy (:

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PUGNACIOUS

[adjective]

1. inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.

2. eager or quick to argue.

3. having the appearance of a willing fighter.

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TOMOPHOBIA

[noun]

the fear of surgery; the fear of surgical operations.

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ANTHOMANIA

[noun]

an extravagant fondness for flowers; an extreme love for flowers.

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CALLOPHOBIA

[noun]

the fear of beauty.

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ANHEDONIA

[noun]

in psychology and psychiatry, anhedonia is defined as the inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, e.g. exercise, hobbies, sexual activities or social interactions. While earlier definitions of anhedonia emphasised pleasurable experience, more recent models have highlighted the need to consider different aspects of enjoyable behavior, such as motivation or desire to engage in an activity (“motivational anhedonia”), as compared to the level of enjoyment of the activity itself (“consummatory anhedonia”).

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DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY

[noun]

also known as multiple personality disorder - a psychiatric diagnosis. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) its essential feature “…is the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states…that recurrently take control of behaviour.” The diagnosis requires that at least two personalities (one may be the host) routinely take control of the individual’s behaviour with an associated memory loss that goes beyond normal forgetfulness; in addition, symptoms cannot be the temporary effects of drug use or a general medical condition. Memory loss will occur in those with DID when an alternate part of the personality becomes dominant. DID is less common than other dissociative disorders, occurring in approximately 10% of dissociative disorder cases and .5-1% of the general population.Women tend to outnumber men in this disorder, resulting in about a 9:1 ratio. Diagnosis is often difficult as there is considerable co-morbidity with other conditions and many symptoms overlap with other types of mental illness. There is much controversy regarding the validity of this disease. Many in the psychological community argue that it is a iatrogenic disorder, or that it is often another disorder that is being misinterpreted.

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GERASCOPHOBIA

[noun]

an abnormal or persistent fear of growing old or ageing. The term comes from the Greek γέρος “geros” (old man) and “phobos” (fear).

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CYCLOTHYMIA

[noun]

also called cyclothymic disorder (derived from the Greek word κυκλοθυμία (from κῦκλος kyklos, “circle” and θυμός thymos, “anger”) - a mild form of bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness) in which a person has mood swings over a period of years that go from mild depression to euphoria and excitement.

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AMYCHOPHOBIA

[noun]

an excessive fear of being scratched or clawed.

[Silvia Pelissero & Lorenzo Malo Marotti]