ALGOSPHERE
An enterprise about suffering
TERMINOLOGY IN ALGOSCIENCE
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Terminology here refers to the usage and study of terms and expressions used in algoscience.
List of Terms
Abolition of suffering
Affect
Affectivity
Algedonic
Algia
Algodicy (justification of suffering, metaphysics of suffering. cf. "theodicy")
Algology
Algogenic
Algonomy (or algonomics, cf. algology/algonomy-agrology/agronomy-economics-economy-political economy)
Algotelic
Alliesthésie (English: alliesthesia) (Variations des sensations subjectives d'un individu, concernant une stimulation de nature agréable ou désagréable, à la suite d'une stimulation externe. Le terme est introduit par Cabanac (1968) pour expliquer que la façon dont on va percevoir le caractère hédonique d'un stimulus dépend de l'état interne de l'organisme. On distingue l'alliesthésie négative, qui désigne une variation vers plus de déplaisir ou moins de plaisir, et positive, à l'inverse.)
Antalgic
Antalgogenic
Atro- (cruel, terrible)
Aversion
Case of suffering
Cause of suffering
Control of suffering
Countercause of suffering
Dol
Dolor
Dukkha
Dysalgia
Eradication of suffering
Fight against suffering
Hedonic
Hedonimeter
Hedonimetry
Histalgia
Humane
Humanitarian
Infliction of suffering
Management of Suffering
Mastery over suffering
Mentalgia
Mnemalgia
Negative utilitarianism
Pain
Panetics (or anthropo-algogenic algonomy, cf. algogénèse anthropique or human-caused suffering)
Person or organization who contributes or goes against the production of suffering
Prevention of suffering
Psychalgia
Relief of suffering
Sufferer
Suffering
Socialgia
Studies on suffering
Synalgic
Synalgogenic
Unpleasantness
Key terms in meta tag of algonet html document
suffering, pain, science, discipline, algonomics, algology, panetics, algonomy, study, research, action, algo, algia, sufferer, problem, need, aversion, painful, affliction, distress, hurt, unhappiness, misery, sorrow, sadness, hopelessness, ill, poverty, famine, disease, illness, death, suicide, addiction, hunger, refugees, disaster, victims, underdevelopment, third-world, war, crime, evil, cruelty, infliction, solution, control, management, treatment, relief, prevention, abolition, fight, human, animal, rights, charity, humanitarian, humane, philanthropy, security, insurance, welfare, health, happiness, strategy, association, alliance, organization, network, global, world problems, affect, cause
Key terms in meta tag of panetics html document
Religious ethics, religious
power, business ethics,
management ethics, environmental ethics, legal ethics, medical
ethics,
media ethics, legal ethics, police ethics, Human Rights, Human
Suffering,
Humanitarian Intervention, genocide, ethnic, cleansing, military
intervention, Pain, pain measurement, medical specialization, health
cost
management, public health, Police, criminal justice, community
policing,
riots, law enforcement, War, Peace Studies, Technology assessment,
environmental assessment, impact assessment, systems analysis,
measuring
pain, utilitarianism, science policy
Here is a list of alternative names that is given for the problem of unpleasantness (PA7107) in the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (note the puzzling absence of the word suffering in this list!) :
Abhorrence, Abomination, Affliction, Aggravation, Anguish, Annoyance, Antagonism, Antipathy, Anxiety, Atrocity, Aversion, Awfulness, Awkwardness, Banefulness, Baseness, Beastliness, Bedevilment, Bitterness, Boredom, Boringness, Bothersomeness, Burdensomeness, Chagrin, Cheerlessness, Confusion, Contrariety, Depression, Desolation, Despair, Despicableness, Difficulty, Disaffection, Disaffinity, Disagreeableness, Disapproval, Discomfort, Discomposure, Disconcertion, Discontentment, Disfavour, Disgust, Dislike, Dismay, Displeasure, Disquiet, Dissatisfaction, Distaste, Distress, Disturbance, Dolorousness, Dullness, Embarrassment, Encumbrance, Enmity, Ennui, Exasperation, Foulness, Fulsomeness, Grief, Grievance, Grimness, Grossness, Harassment, Harshness, Hatred, Hideousness, Horribleness, Hostility, Humiliation, Ignobility, Infelicity, Injury, Inquietude, Irksomeness, Joylessness, Loathsomeness, Lovelessness, Malaise, Melancholy, Miasma, Misery, Mortification, Mournfulness, Noisome, Nuisance, Oppression, Pain, Pestiferousness, Pleasurelessness, Problem, Provocation, Repugnance, Repulsion, Sadism, Sadness, Shock, Sorrow, Sufferance, Tedium, Tiresomeness, Torment, Torture, Tortuousness, Tribulation, Trouble, Ugliness, Unbearableness, Uncomfortableness, Undesirableness, Uneasiness, Unhappiness, Unpleasantness, Vexation, Vileness, Wearisomeness, Woe, Worry, Wound.
The International Association for the Study of Pain offers on the Internet its "IASP Pain Terminology".
Ralph Siu lists thousands of words related to suffering in his book "Seeds of Reflection - Word Clusters for Meditation on the Infliction and the Relief of Suffering", third volume of the Panetics Trilogy, published by the International Society for Panetics (ISP), Washington, D.C., 1993. The thirteen chapters of this terminologic work deal with themes such as suffering, infliction, inflicters, inflictees, relief, alleviators, etc.
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