Americanness Flashcards
Identity
What a person or thing is
Dilemma
A situation where a difficult choice has to be made between two or more things
Ethnic
Relating to a particular race, nation, or tribe and their customs and traditions
Fragmentation
The act of breaking something up into small parts
Assimilation
The process of becoming an accepted part of a country or group
Metaphor
A way of describing something by referring to it as something different and suggesting that it has similar qualities to that thing
Melting pot
A place where people from different races, countries, or social classes come to live together
To integrate
To become a part of a group or society and be accepted by them, or to help someone do this
Pluralism
When people of many different races, religions, and political beliefs live together in the same society, or the belief that this can happen successfully
Reform
A change or changes made to a system or organization in order to improve it
Liberal
Supporting or allowing gradual political and social changes
Consolidation
The action or process of combining a number of things into a single more effective or coherent whole
Affirmative-action programme
A set of laws, policies, guidelines and administrative practices, intended to end and correct the effects of a specific form of discrimination
Allegedly
People say is true, although it has not been proved
To discriminate
To treat a person or group differently from another in an unfair way
Reverse discrimination
The practise of making it more difficult for a certain person to get a job, ho to school, etc. because other people who were treated unfairly in the past are now being given an advantage
To assert
To state firmly their belief or opinion
Penalty
A punishment for breaking a law, rule, or legal agreement
To incorporate
To include something as a part of a group, system plan, etc.
Bilingualism
The act of speaking two languages equally well
Contemporary
Belonging to the present time/modern
To be composed of
To consist of
To be subjected to
To be forced to experience something very unpleasant
Ti exaggerate
To make something seem better, larger, worse, etc. than it really is
Overarching
Overall
Allegiance
Loyalty or commitment to a superior or to a group or cause
Emancipation
The act of giving someone the political or legal rights that they did not have before
Proclamation
An official public statement
Self-reliance
The act of being able to do or decide things by yourself, without depending on the help or advice of other people
Individualism
The belief that the rights and freedom of individual people are the most important rights in a society
Sturdy
Showing confidence and determination
Utopianism
The belief in an imaginary perfect where everyone is happy
Egalitarianism
The doctrine that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities
Democracy
A system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials
Liberty
The freedom and the right to do whatever you want without asking permission or being afraid of authority
Anti-statism
Distrust of government
Populism
Support for the concerns of ordinary people
