Chapter 15 Vocabulary

Question 1

Zealot

Answer 1

One who is carried away by a cause to an extreme or excessive degree.

Question 2

Utopian

Answer 2

Referring to any place or plan that aims at an ideal social order.

Question 3

Communistic

Answer 3

Referring to the theory or practice in which the means of production are owned by the community as a whole.

Question 4

Communitarian

Answer 4

Referring to the belief in or practice of the superiority of community life values over individual life but not necessarily the common ownership of material goods.

Question 5

Classical

Answer 5

Concerning the culture of ancient Greece and Rome or any artistic or any cultural values presumed to be based on those enduring ancient principles.

Question 6

Mystical

Answer 6

Referring to the belief in the direct apprehension of God or divine mystery, without reliance on reason or human comprehension.

Question 7

Nonconformist

Answer 7

One who refuses to follow established or conventional ideas or habits.

Question 8

Providential

Answer 8

Under the care and direction of God or other benevolent natural or supernatural forces.

Question 9

Coitus reservatus

Answer 9

A form of sexual intercourse and which male ejaculation is suppressed.

Question 10

Theocracy

Answer 10

Literally, rule by God; the term is often applied to a state in which religious leaders exercise direct or indirect political authority.