SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS
Culture
(n.) - customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a social group; shared values, beliefs, and practices
Tradition
(n.) - Inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior; cultural continuity
Offensive
(adj. / n.) - of, relating to, or designed for attack
Pacify
(v.) - to reduce anger or irritation
Organic
(adj.) - developing in a manner similar to living things
Americanism
(n.) - attachment or allegiance to the interests, ideals, and traditions of the United States; customs, traits, and practices peculiar to the United States
Strive
(v.) - to try or work hard; to exert oneself
Detain
(v.) - to hold or keep as if in custody; to restrain from proceeding
Prevailed
(v.) - Emerged as dominant
Geometric
(adj.) - composed of lines and figures according to principles of geometry; using straight and/or curved lines in design
Segregation
(n.) 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
Sacred
(adj.) - highly valued, respected, and important; worthy of religious respect
Interrogation
(n.) - formal and systematic questioning
Bleak
(adj.) - exposed and barren; lacking in warmth, life, or kindness
(adj.) - Having a form or arrangement of parts with an equal and matching distribution on each side of a central position
Isolationism
(n.) - Policy of national isolation by abstention from alliances and other international political and economic relations
Motto
(n.) - short expression of a guiding principle
Neutralize
(v.) - counteract the activity of; make ineffective
Catastrophic
(adj.) - violently destructive; extremely tragic
Asymmetrical
(adj.) - Different, especially in the arrangement of space, on either side of a center line
Marginalization
(n.) - assignment to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or group
Geneti(ic)
(adj.) - relating to or determined by the origin or development of something
-ic : having to do with, characterized by, like
Pulverized
(v.) (adj.) - Reduced to very small particles
Oblivion
(n.) - condition or state of being forgotten or unknown
Contrast
(n.) (v.) -
1 degree of difference between two things having similar characteristics;
2 to compare two things to make their similarities and differences clear