Tlönian
Tlönian is an adjective and noun relating to Tlön, the fictional planet and culture described in Jorge Luis Borges’s short story Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (1940). In the story, a secret society called Orbis Tertius fabricates Tlön as an entirely constructed reality, whose inhabitants, languages, and customs gradually influence Earth’s own perceptions of reality.
Tlönian thought is rooted in philosophical idealism: the world is organized by language and perception, and
In the narrative, Tlönian materials begin to permeate Earth as encyclopedic works and texts circulate, prompting
Today, Tlönian can denote anything pertaining to Tlön’s culture, language, or philosophy, or more generally a