Impietist

noun
One who practises impiety.
Origin
Pairing of ‘impiety’ with the suffix -ist (to practice).
Source
Against A Dark Background

Theophobia

noun
The fear and hatred of gods.
Origin
Pairing of theo (god) and phobia (fear).
Source
Against A Dark Background

Metaplegic

adjective
Of or relating to a bodily paralysis triggered by a disorder elsewhere in the body.
noun
A person who suffers from metaplegia.
Origin
Pairing of meta (from ‘metastasis’) and plegia (paralysis).
Source
Against A Dark Background

Junklight

noun
The light reflected by orbiting artificial satellites seen in the night sky.
Origin
Space junk, objects in orbit with no useful purpose.
Source
Against A Dark Background

Synchroneurobonding

noun
A virus that makes a group of infectees better able to anticipate one another’s reactions.
Source
Against A Dark Background

Marain

noun
The shared constructed language of the Culture.
Origin
Possibly derived from maireannach (long-lived).
Source
Consider Phlebas

Tream

noun
A virtual reality scenario experienced via direct interface with the brain.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘transmit’ and ‘dream’.
Source
The Algebraist

Loyaltician

noun
An advisor in matters of fealty.
Source
Surface Detail

Confliction

noun
A formal conflict within a virtual reality – i.e. one where the outcome matters beyond the confines of the battle environment itself.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘conflict’ and ‘simulation’.
Source
Surface Detail

Revent

verb
The act of transferring the extracted mind-state of a dead person into a fresh body.
Origin
Derived from rĕ- (again) and veniō (“I come”).
Source
Surface Detail

Cryptosphere

noun proper
A networked worldwide data repository, containing the sum of recorded knowledge and populated by uploaded human minds.
Origin
Crypta (vault), from kruptós (hidden).
Source
Feersum Endjinn

Rollstar

noun
Interior stars of a Shellworld which roll across the upper surface of each layer.
Source
Matter