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1
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Historicity

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Historical authenticity

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Hegemony

hair-gair-mony

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Leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others

“Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871”

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Suzerainty

soo-zuh-rain-tee

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A relation between states in which a subservient nation has its own government, but is unable to take international action independent of the superior state

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Preponderance

pre-pon-der-ance

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The fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance

“the preponderance of women among older people”

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Predominant

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Present as the strongest or main element

“the predominant colour was white”

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Ethos

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Distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution

synonym is morals

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Syncretism

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Combination of separate concepts into one new, unique idea

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Acquiesce

a-kwee-es

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Accept something reluctantly but without protest

“Sara acquiesced in his decision”

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Geopolitical

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Relating to politics, especially international relations, as influenced by geographical factors

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Apologism

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A defence made in justification of anyone.

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Potent

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having great power, influence, or effect

“thrones were potent symbols of authority”

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Tentative

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not certain or fixed; provisional, indefinite

“a tentative conclusion”

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Magnate

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a wealthy and influential businessman or businesswoman

“a property magnate”

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Ratification

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the action of signing or giving formal consent to an agreement, making it officially valid, validating treaty

“ratification of the treaty raised problems in several member states”

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Diaspora

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The dispersion or spread of any people from their original homeland

‘African diaspora’

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Rationalise

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Attempt to explain or justify (behaviour or attitudes) with logical reasons

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Balance of Power Theory

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In International relations suggests states may secure their survival by preventing any one state from gaining enough military power to dominate all others

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Pluralism

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Refers to a society where different groups of entities keep their identities while existing with other groups or more dominant group

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Multicausal

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Having, involving, of allowing for more than one cause

e.g officials understood the multicausal nature

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Ascertain

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Find something out for certain

e.g an attempt to ascertain the cause

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Substantiate

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Provide evidence to support or prove the truth (support/prove)

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Repatriation

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The return of someone to their own country

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Conversely

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Introducing a statement or idea which reverses one that has just been made, on the other hand. A connective

“we’re not going to have enough onions to last the year, while courgettes, conversely, are in a major surplus”

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Interpretation

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Subjective not objective. An explanation of a view

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Objective

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Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts

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Innovation

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Change

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Fiscal

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Anything relating to finance

e.g taxes and budget

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Promulgate

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Passing law

and/or

Promoting something

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Dichotomy

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division or contrast between two things that are represented as being opposed or entirely different.

“a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism”

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Inimical

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hostile/unfriendly

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Paradigm

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a typical example or pattern of something (example/concept)

“society’s paradigm of the ‘ideal woman’”

a collection of ideas

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Encroach

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to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another (trespass in place/rights)

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Surmise

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A thought or idea based on scanty evidence

“When my next door neighbor’s son ate four peanut butter sandwiches, I could only surmise he was hungry.”

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Scanty

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limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent

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Rapprochement

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A reestablishing of cordial relations, as between two countries

Turkey now sought for a rapprochement with France

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Postulate

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to ask, demand, or claim

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Chauvinism

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excessive or blind patriotism

‘his fervent nationalism mutated into blatant chauvinism’

ALSO

an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex

38
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Jingoism

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extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked

39
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Enfranchisement

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give rights

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Fallacious

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tending to deceive or mislead

‘Extract B is so objective, the Historicity of this can be viewed as fallacious’

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Erroneous

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containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong

‘Extract B is so objective, the Historicity of this can be viewed as erroneous’

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Thalassocracy

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a way of ruling through sea power, as in exploration, trade, or colonization.

sea power

thalos-sea
cratos-power

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Subsumed

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to bring (a case, instance, etc.) under a rule.

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Disposition

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Its nature

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Entity

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something that has a real existence; thing

‘corporeal entities’

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Autonomy

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Independence

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Annexation

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Conquer

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Exemplified

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be a typical example of.

symbolism

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Underlying

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present participle of underlie

be the cause or basis of

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