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| to completely destroy, to eradicate (ex-outside, terminus-boundary) See also annihilation, obliteration |
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| the mass expulsions or killing of members of one ethnic or religious group in an area by those of another |
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the deliberate killing of a very large number of people from a particular ethnic group or nation
Greek [genos-race] + Latin [cida/caedare-to kill] |
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separation along racial, sexual or religious lines
[segregare-to separate from the flock] |
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The pushing of a group to the “margins” of society, where they hold little social, political, or economic power.
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| the absorption of a minority group by a dominant group. Latin [similis-like] |
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| an inclusive approach that allows religious or ethnic groups to maintain their distinctive cultures within mainstream society. Latin [commodus-fitting] |
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| the incorporation of diverse minority groups into mainstream society. Latin [integrare-make whole] |
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| Change as a result of contact with other cultural groups, usually as a result of integration; People adopting different foods, traditions, and other cultural aspects from people of other cultures/identities into their daily lives because they come to value and desire these. |
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| trend toward uniformity, as with world popular culture as a result of globalization. Greek [homos–one and the same] see also monoculture |
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| anything composed of elements of different kinds; the blending of media and communications technologies resulting in new modes of expression and cross-cultural consumption; e.g.,apple pears; hybrid cars; fusion food, fusion music |
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| society made up of many groups; a society in which a diversity of languages, beliefs, traditions, values, religions and other aspects of culture are embedded as part of the foundations of the country; a society that respects and values the individual and the collective opinions and identities of all people |
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| traits that make up a person's sense of individuality |
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| the combination of beliefs, values, view of history, and language of a people; thinking of yourself as sharing a common world view with a particular group of people |
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| an individual's opinion about a matter, based on his or her personal experience |
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| a people's world view, one that has been developed from its collective experience |
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| the uniform global popular culture that results from globalization; or agricultural practice of extensively growing one crop only. Greek [monos-alone] opposite of multicultural |
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| facts and figures related to populations, for example, the number of males and females who live in an area. Greek [demos-people + graphos-writing] |
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| involuntary dispersal (spreading apart) of people, especially from their home-land |
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| the reduction of a population because of conflict, disease, loss of resources, cultural change or assimmilation |
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| an inclination that makes it hard to judge fairly; can mean one-sided, or not having a neutral viewpoint |
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| minority group // minority language |
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| an ethnic, linguistic, or religious group wos numbers are small when compared with those of the dominant culture // language spoken by a minority of people within a country |
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