trying to figure this out…

register mixing: A register is using language specific to a rhetorical situation, so register mixing would be using language inappropriately to the situation or using different registers for a particular rhetorical situation.

cosmology: general theory of the universe, or more specifically, here’s the definition from dictionary.com: “The study of the physical universe considered as a totality of phenomena in time and space.”

local — used in a literature context…?? I can’t remember the context, but it wasn’t used in reference to a particular place.

colonizing nationalism: settling in certain areas because you have a strong national consciousness?

national fatalism: a sense of powerlessness to affect change felt by all members of a nation. ??

For others in my boat, permit me to recommend the Stanford Dictionary of Philosophy.
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