Ethnic And Religion Flashcards
ethnic
(n.) racial, cultural
assumption
conjecture, presupposition, presumption
mishap
(n. ) small accident or mistake, calamity, misfortune, disaster
eg: While many believe that a journey to Mars is impending, such an undertaking is fraught with challenges and mishaps can occur
puritanical
(adj.) having an extreme attitudes about religion or moral behaviour, narrow-minded
Eg: the system cannot afford to be puritanical
covenant
(n.) promise in the form of formal agreement
Eg: The neighbours dominated by whites sign covenants barring African American
clerics
(n. ) religious leader, priest
eg: a group of Muslim clerics
crackdown
(n. ) abolition, eradication, elimination
eg: After public demonstrations in Xinjiang in 1988 and 1989 and a violent uprising in 1990, Deng ordered a crackdown in XJ
discord
(n. ) disagreement amg ppl, dissonance, disharmony
eg: The growing islamophobia could lead to discord among the society.
fanatic
(n. ) extremist
eg: We must not allow fanatics to destroy social cohesion.
secular
(adj.) non-religious
Eg: the pope believed that secular institutions were not giving students sufficient preparations to deal with the issue of faith
incongruity
(n. ) dissonance; incompatibility
eg: the incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her