obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
supporting; shoring up; promotion; propping-up; jacking-up; manipulation
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
cryptographic system; cryptosystem
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
singularity; singular point
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
deed; act; work; performance
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
naivete; simplicity; innocence
world domination; global domination
craving; longing; thirsting
solution; solution strategy
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose