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"ref": "2001, Todd McGowan, The Feminine \"No!\", SUNY Press, page 105",
"text": "Formally, capitalism performs its fundamental gesture—reappropriation without transformation. This bears on the question of subjective agency because this “reappropriation without transformation” is exactly what agency seeks to avoid; such a process indicates, in fact, that one's agency has failed, that one really had no agency in the first place.",
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"text": "Strictly speaking, at the level of personal agency one could say that power is a condition where one is “enabled.” I would contend that this is a condition of personal agency.",
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"ref": "2013, Andy Clark, Julian Kiverstein, Tillmann Vierkant, Decomposing the Will, Oxford University Press, page 112",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "agéntstvo",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "аге́нтство"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agència"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "agentbureau"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"word": "bureau"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"word": "agentejo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"word": "edustus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"word": "agentuuri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agence"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "axencia"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saagenṭo",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"word": "სააგენტო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Agentur"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ejensī",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "एजेंसी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"word": "közbenjárás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"word": "közreműködés"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gníomhaireacht"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agéncia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agencja"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "agéntstvo",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "аге́нтство"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agencija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agencia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "agentur"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"word": "kagawaan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"word": "acentelik"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ahéncija",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аге́нція"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ahéntstvo",
"sense": "office of an agent, or relation between a principal and his agent",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "аге́нтство"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agjenci"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wakāla",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَكَالَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "gorcakalutʻyun",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "գործակալություն"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ahjénctva",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "аге́нцтва"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ahjéncyja",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аге́нцыя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "agéncija",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аге́нция"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agència"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "機構"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīgòu",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "机构"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agentura"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kancelář"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bureau"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agentuur"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "agentejo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "agentuur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "toimisto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "agentuuri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "välitystoimisto"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agence"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "action"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "organisme"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "axencia"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saagenṭo",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "სააგენტო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Agentur"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "praktoreío",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πρακτορείο"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sokhnút",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "סוֹכְנוּת"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ejensī",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "एजेंसी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "ügynökség"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gníomhaireacht"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agenzia"
},
{
"alt": "だいりてん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dairiten",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "代理店"
},
{
"alt": "代理店",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daerijeom",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "대리점"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "adjensia"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aģentūra"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agentūra"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "agencija",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "агенција"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "byrå"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agéncia"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âžâns",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "آژانس"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "namâyandegi",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "نمایندگی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"english": "now usually a lawyer's agency",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vekâlat",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "وکالت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agencja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agência"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agenție"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agentură"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "agéntstvo",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "аге́нтство"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "агѐнција"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "agèncija"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agentúra"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kancelária"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agencija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oficina"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agencia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "byrå"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "agentur"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "ahensya"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "kagawaan"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "agenti",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "агенти"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "เอเย่นต์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ong-gaan",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "องค์การ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "ajans"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ahéntstvo",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "аге́нтство"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ahéncija",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аге́нція"
},
{
"alt": "機關",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "establishment engaged in doing business for another",
"word": "cơ quan"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dāʔira",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دَائِرَة"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "myndighedskontor"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "virasto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "toimisto"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "axencia"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saagenṭo",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "სააგენტო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Behörde"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ejensī",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "एजेंसी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "ügynökség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "képviselet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "kirendeltség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "fiók"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "hivatal"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "szerv"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "iroda"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "cég"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "lembaga"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agenzia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "istituzione"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ministerium"
},
{
"code": "mhn",
"lang": "Mòcheno",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "omt"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agéncia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agencja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "agência"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "agéntstvo",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "аге́нтство"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "órgan",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "о́рган"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agencija"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agencija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agencia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "verk"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "government office",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "byrå"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "government office",
"word": "kagawaan"
}
],
"word": "agency"
}
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