Unknown Words Flashcards

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Pedagogy

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Method and practice of teaching

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Presuppositions

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Assumed beforehand

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3
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Supersedence

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Noun

The act of superseding replacement of an older thing by a newer

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Conscientizaçdo

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Refers to learning to perceive social, political, and economic contradictions, and to take action against the oppressive elements of reality.

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Denunciation

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Public condemnation of someone or something

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Sectarianism

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Attachment to a sect or party

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Dogmatically

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Inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true

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Axiological

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Theory of value

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Bureaucracy

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A system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather then by elected representatives.

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Anthropology

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Relating to the study of humankind

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Anthropocentric

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Regarding humankind as the central it most important element of existence especially as opposed to god or animals

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Ontological

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Relating to the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being

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13
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Cynicism

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An an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self interest

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Emancipation

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The fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions

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Praxis

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Practice, as distinguished from theory

Accepted practice or custom

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Surmount

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To overcome

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Antithesis

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A person or thing that is a direct opposite of someone or something

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Pious

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Making or constituting a hypocritical display of virtue

19
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Plenitude

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Abundance

Or

The condition of being full or complete

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Dichotomized

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Regard it represent as divided or opposed

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Postulate

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Suggest or assume the existence, fact, or thirty of something as a basis for reasoning, discussion or belief