The Language Of Ideas And Learning Flashcards

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Abstract

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An idea but not an experience

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Anthropology

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The study of human culture

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Comprehensive

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Through

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Construe

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Interpret in a particular way

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Discerning

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Showing a keen ability to distinguish subtle elements

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Discriminating

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Showing good taste or judgment

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Disseminate

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To cast widely

Think rumors

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Erudite

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Showing knowledge

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Indoctrinate

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To teach someone to accept a set of beliefs uncritically

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Insular

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Isolated from culture and intellectual influences outside of ones own experience

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Orthodox

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Conforming strictly to traditional teachings

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Pedantic

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Acting like a know it all

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Peruse

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To read thoroughly and carefully

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Postulate

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Assuming the truth of something as a basis for reasoning

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Provincial

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Unsophisticated or narrow-minded

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Revelation

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A fact revealed in a surprising way