Dystopian Unit Flashcards
Propaganda
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Information
Apocalypse
The events that led up to the end of the world
Catastrophe
Dehumanize
To miss treat or deprive someone of human rights
Degrade
Surveillance
close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal.
Observation
Oppressive
unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint, especially on a minority or other subordinate group.
Harsh
Avarice
extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
Greed
Anarchy
a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.
Freedom
Peace
freedom from disturbance; tranquility.
calmness
Socialism
a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
communism
Dissent
the expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially held.
Strife
Civil unrest
Definition. Civil unrest include riots, demonstrations, threatening individuals or assemblies that have become disruptive.
Disorder
Tyranny
cruel and oppressive government or rule.
Power hungry
Dystopia
an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic.
apocalyptic
utopia
an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
perfectness
totalitarian
relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
authoritarian
