Editing 'Pataphysics (section)

== Concepts ==
; [[Clinamen]] : A clinamen is the unpredictable swerve of atoms that poet [[Christian Bök]] calls "...&nbsp;the smallest possible aberration that can make the greatest possible difference".{{sfnp|Bök|2002|pp=43–45}} An example is Jarry's ''merdre'', a swerve of {{langx|fr|merde}} ("shit").{{sfnp|Hugill|2012|pp=15–16}} [[File:Véritable portrait de Monsieur Ubu.png|thumb|''The Grand Gidouille'' on [[Ubu Roi|Ubu]]'s belly is a symbol of 'pataphysics.]]

; [[Antinomy]] : An antinomy is the mutually incompatible. It represents the duality of things, the echo or symmetry, the good and the evil at the same time. [[Andrew Hugill|Hugill]] mentions various examples including the plus-minus, the faust-troll, the haldern-ablou, the yes-but, the ha-ha and the [[paradox]].{{sfnp|Hugill|2012|pp=9–12}}
; [[Syzygy (astronomy)|Syzygy]] : The syzygy originally comes from [[astronomy]] and denotes the alignment of three celestial bodies in a straight line. In a pataphysical context it is the [[pun]]. It usually describes a conjunction of things, something unexpected and surprising. [[Serendipity]] is a simple chance encounter but the syzygy has a more scientific purpose. Bök mentions Jarry suggesting that the fall of a body towards a centre might not be preferable to the ascension of a vacuum towards a periphery.{{sfnp|Bök|2002|pp=40–43}}{{sfnp|Hugill|2012|pp=13–15}}

; [[Absolute (philosophy)|Absolute]] : The absolute is the idea of a transcended reality.{{sfnp|Hugill|2012|pp=16–19}}

; [[Anomaly (physics)|Anomaly]] : An anomaly represents the exception. Jarry said that, "Pataphysics will examine the laws governing exceptions, and will explain the universe supplementary to this one."{{sfnp|Jarry|1996|p=21}} Bök calls it "...&nbsp;the repressed part of a rule which ensures that the rule does not work".{{sfnp|Bök|2002|pp=38–40}}{{sfnp|Hugill|2012|pp=12–13}}

; [[#Pataphor|Pataphor]] : A pataphor is an unusually extended [[metaphor]] based on 'pataphysics. As Jarry claimed that 'pataphysics exists "...&nbsp;as far from metaphysics as metaphysics extends from regular reality", a pataphor attempts to create a figure of speech that exists as far from metaphor as metaphor exists from [[non-figurative]] language.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Avion's pataphor |website=paulavion.com |url=http://www.paulavion.com/pata.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621012704/http://www.paulavion.com/pata.html |archive-date=21 June 2007}}</ref>