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uncongenial

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someone not pleasant to be around

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the human condition

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the self awareness that humans have that lets them analyze existential meanings

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paranoic

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someone diagnosed with paranioa

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magnanimity

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generous

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contemtuous

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hateful, scornful

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illiterate

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unable to read or write

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freudian

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relating to or influenced by freud ad his methods of psycoanalysis

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tin lizzie

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a cheap old or run down automobile

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hypocrisy

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claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which ones own behavior does not conform

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repressed

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restrained, inhibited or oppressed

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retrospective

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looking back on or dealing with past events or situations

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falsification

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the act of changing information so that it is false

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comeuppance

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a punishment or fate that someone deserves

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patronizingly

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condescendingly

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malignant

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malevolent, bad, like cancer, something that will grow become worse and will harm you

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noblisse oblige

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inferred responsibility of priviledge people to act with generosity and mobility to those less priviledged

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colonialism

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the policy or practice of acquiring political control over another country, occupying it w settlers and exploiting it economically

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epithets

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an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned

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slur

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an insinuation about someone that is likely to insult them

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radical

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far reaching or affecting the fundaental nature of something

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reconstruction

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the act of rebuilding after being damaged or destroyed

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heritage

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a background from which one comes

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derogatory

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showing a critical or disrespectful attitude

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ethnic

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of or relating to a population subgroup w a common national or cultural tradition

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power

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the capacity to direct or influence the behavior of others

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dominance

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power and influence over others

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mestizo

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a person of mixed race, usually a spaniard or american indian

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minority

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the smaller number or part, less than half of the whole

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majority

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the bigger number or part, more than half of the whole

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demographics

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statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it

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standard

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a level of quality or attainment or something accepted as normal/avergae

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priviladge

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unearned right, advantage or immunity available only to a particular person or group of people

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insensitivity

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the opposite of caring and sympathetic