racialism |
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- The belief in the existence and significance of racial categories. In racial separatist ideologies, the emphasis on perceived social and cultural differences among races.
- Variant of racism.
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racism |
| noun
- The belief that members of one race are superior to members of other races
- The belief that members of one ethnic group are superior to members of another ethnic group.
- The belief that capability or behavior can be racially defined.
- Aggression or discriminatory behavior towards members of a certain race or races.
- Aggression or discriminatory behavior based upon differences in ethnicity.
- Ethnically or culturally discriminatory behavior exhibited by members of the racial, ethnic, or cultural group dominant within a society.
- The practice of asserting or assuming racially or ethnically defined cultural dominance.
- The perpetuation of racial, ethnic, or cultural dominance of some groups over others.
- Opportunity inequality resulting from preferential treatment towards others of a similar cultural background.
- The act of using political, judicial, civil, and educational systems to oppress one based on their ethnicity.
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reverse discrimination |
| noun
- The process of openly and legally discriminating against members of an ethnic group which are or have been in the past, a majority group, to the benefit of a traditionally minority group that had in the past been discriminated against.
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revolution |
| noun
- A political upheaval in a government or nation state characterized by great change.
- The removal and replacement of a government.
- The turning of an object around an axis.
- In the case of celestial body, celestial bodies - the traversal of one body through an orbit around another body.
- A sudden, vast change in a situation or discipline.
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role |
| noun
- A character or part played by a performer or actor.
- The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
- The function or position of something.
- (context, Grammar): The function of a word in a phrase.
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role model |
| noun (plural: role models)
- A person who serves as an example of a positive behavior, especially in some specific field
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role-play |
| verb - Taking on a role (in the sense an actor has a role) and enacting or playing that character.
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role-playing |
| noun
- Action in which a person takes a on a role (as that of an actor) and pretends or acts out being that character.
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