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Alhelabi, 1 Mohammad Alhelabi Prov-104 AC3 March 24, 2014 Vocabulary list #2 1.

Nationalism (n): love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it. Nationalist (n), nationalist (adj), nationalistic (adj). 2. Liberalism (n): A political theory founded on the natural goodness of humans and the autonomy of the individual and favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority. Liberalistic (adj), liberalist (n), liberalist (adj). 3. Imperialism (n): The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations. Imperialist (n), Imperialist (adj), Imperialistic (adj), Imperialistically (adv). 4. Conservatism (n): A political philosophy or attitude emphasizing respect for traditional institutions, distrust of government activism, and opposition to sudden change in the established order. Conservative (adj), conservative (n). 5. Communism (n): A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people. Communist (n), communism (adj), communistic (adj) 6. Marxism (n): The political and economic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in which the concept of class struggle plays a central role in understanding society's allegedly inevitable development from bourgeois oppression under capitalism to a socialist and ultimately classless society. Marxist (n), marxist (adj), Marxian (n), Marxian (adj). 7. Darwinism (n): A theory of biological evolution developed by Charles Darwin and others, stating that all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increase the individual's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce. Also called Darwinian Theory. Darwinist (n), darwinistic (adj), darwinist (adj).

Alhelabi, 2 8. Socialism (n): Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy. Socialist (n), socialist (adj), socialistic (adj). 9. Tenant (n): One that pays rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property owned by another. Tenant (v), tenant-like (adj), tenantless (adj), tenantable (adj). 10. Industrial (adj): Of, relating to, or resulting from industry. Industrially (adv), Industrialness (n), industrialist (n). 11. Revolution (n): the overthrow or repudiation of a regime or political system by the governed. Revolutionary (adj), revolutionize (v), revolutionaries (adj). 12. Rebel (v): to resist or rise up against a government or other authority, esp by force of arms. Rebel (n), rebellion (n), rebellious (adj), rebelliously (adv). 13. Urban (adj): emerging and developing in densely populated areas of large cities. Urbanize (v), Urbanization (n). 14. Squeamish (adj): Excessively fastidious or scrupulous. Sqeamishness (n), squeamishly (adv). 15. Invincible (adj): incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable. Invincibleness (n), invincibility (n), invincibly (adv). 16. Confederate (n): A member of a confederacy; an ally. Confederated (v), confederate (adj), confederative (adj). 17. Magistrate (n): a public officer concerned with the administration of law. Magistratically (adv), magistratical (adj) magistratic (adj). 18. Fortified (v): To impart physical strength or endurance to; invigorate. Fortify (v), fortifiable (adj), fortifier (n), fortifyingly (adv). 19. Concede (v): To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. Concededly (adv), conceder (n), condceding (v).

Alhelabi, 3 20. Promiscuous (adj): indiscriminate in selection. Promiscuousness (n), Promiscuously (adv). 21. Monogamous (n): the state or practice of being married to only one person at a time. Monogamist (n), monogamous (adj), monogamously (adv). 22. Atheist (n): a person who does not believe in God or gods. Atheistic (adj), atheistic (adj), atheistical (adj), atheistically (adv), atheism (n). 23. Virtuous (adj): characterized by or possessing virtue or moral excellence; righteous; upright. Virtuously (adv), virtuousness (n), virtue (n). 24. Disgrace (n): a person, act, or thing that causes shame, reproach, or dishonor or is dishonorable or shameful. Disgracer (n), disgraceful (adj), disgracefully (adv), disgracefulness (n). 25. Labourism/Laborism (n): a political, social, or economic system that favours such dominance. Labour (v), labour (n), laboring (v), laboringly (adv), labouringly (adv). 26. Potential (n): The inherent ability or capacity for growth, development, or coming into being. Potential (adj), potentially (adv).

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