Quiz 5 Flashcards

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(N) someone blamed for the faults of others

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Scapegoat

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Syn: Victims

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Scapegoat

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To say or do something to make others seem less important or good

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Denigrate

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Syn: discredit, belittle, slander, disparage

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Denigrate

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Refuse to do or use something as a way of protest

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Boycott

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Syn: reject, ban, exclude

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Boycott

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Very unfriendly toward someone and not allow him/her to be part of a group

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Ostracize

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Syn: to banish, shun, isolate, reject

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Ostracize

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(N) strong feeling in society a behavior, illness, or people

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Stigma

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(V) to make someone feel of ashamed of their situation

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Stigmatize

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Syn: taint, stain, brand, blemish

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Stigma, stigmatize

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An idea of what a particular type of person is like, often unfair or untrue

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A stereotype or to stereotype

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To take away the qualities of being human like individuality compassion or respect

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Dehumanize

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Treating people or animals in a cruel and unacceptable way

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Inhumane

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Syn: callous, brutal, unkindly, pitless, heartless

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Inhumane

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Someone who does something illegal

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Perpetrator

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Syn: criminal

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Perpetrator

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Someone that works together with another person or group in order to achieve a goal or produce something

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Collaborator

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May not like or agree but you put up with it

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Tolerance

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The act of agreeing that something is right or true. Agreeing that the difference can be something good

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Acceptance

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A major event that kills many people and destroys many things

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Holocaust