Engelska glosor Unit 4

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• Ethnicites That people belong to different races and culture
• Artificial Made by humans, not naturally
• Protectorate a state that is controlled and protected by another
• Abolish Formally put an end to system, practice, institution, etc.
• Indigenous Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place
• Epitome the typical or highest example of a stated quality, as shown by a particular person or thing
• Colonel an officer of high rank in the army or air force
• Colony an area controlled politically by a more powerful country
• Concession the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right)
• Partition devide into parts
• Imperialism a policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means
• Merchant A person involved in buying and selling items, usually between different countries
• Authentic Not false or imitation, real/actual.
• Opposition Resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument.
• Outlaw make illegal
• Dignity calm, serious and controlled behaviour, makes people respect you
• Alienated Feeling that you have no connection with people around your or that you are not a part of a group
• Tribe a social group made of many families, clans or generations that share the same language, beliefs and customs
• Paganism a religion that worships many gods, especially a religion that existed before the main world religions
• Governance The act of governing or overseeing the controll and direction of someting (such as a country or organization).
• Cohesion the action of forming a united whole.
• Acquisition the process of getting something
• Manufactured produced on a large scale using machinery or (of a story) made up
• Affiliated officially attached or connected to an organization
• Proclaim a public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance
• Code-switch to change between two or more languages, dialects (= forms of a language), or accents (= ways of pronouncing words) when you are speaking
• Stereotype a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong
• Prejudice an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge
• Subjugation the action of bringing someone or somthing under domination or control
• Multiculturalism the belief that different cultures within a society should all be given importance
• Emancipation the process of giving people social or political freedom and rights
• Ethnic relating or belonging to a group of people who can be seen as distinct (= different) because they have a shared culture, tradition, language, history, etc.
• Custom a way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a long time
• Circumscribe to limit something
• Preconceived (of an idea or an opinion) formed too early, especially without enough thought or knowledge

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