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1. to kill suddenly or secretively, esp. a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
2. to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously: to assassinate a person's character. |
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1. the complex of mental and ethical traits marking and often individualizing a person, group, or nation
2. moral excellence and firmness |
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| civil rights – plural noun |
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1. the nonpolitical rights of a citizen
2. the rights of personal liberty guaranteed to United States citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress |
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1. training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character
2. orderly or prescribed conduct or pattern of behavior |
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| 1. the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
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| 1. Incorporation as equals into society or an organization of individuals of different groups (as races) |
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1 : one who delivers an oration
2 : one distinguished for skill and power as a public speaker |
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| Prejudice – Noun / Transitive Verb |
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1. preconceived judgment or opinion
2. an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge
3. an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics |
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1. something or someone relied on
2. dependence on someone or something |
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1. the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means
2. the separation for special treatment or observation of individuals or items from a larger group |
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| 1. sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one's own |
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| 1. having or marked by foresight and imagination |
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