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  • ab·ro·gate / (ăb′rə-gāt′) tr. v. ab·ro·gat·ed, ab·ro·gat·ing, ab·ro·gatesTo abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority / Example: “Our existing Aboriginal and treaty rights were now part of the supreme law of the land, and could not be abrogated or denied by any government” (Matthew Coon Come). [Latin abrogāre, abrogāt- : ab-, away; see ab-1 + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.] / ab′ro·ga′tion n. / ab′ro·ga′tive adj. / ab′ro·ga′tor n. / Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/abrogate
  • ad hoc /  (ăd hŏk′, hōk′) adv. For the specific purpose, case, or situation at hand and for no other: a committee formed ad hoc to address the issue of salaries. adj. 1. Formed for or concerned with one specific purpose: an ad hoc compensation committee. 2. Improvised and often impromptu: “This single little incident reveals volumes about the arbitrariness and ad hoc brutality of the Roman regime” (Harvey Cox). | [Latin : ad, to + hoc, neuter accusative of hic, this.] / Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ad+hoc
  • ad hom·i·nem / (hŏm′ə-nĕm′, -nəm) adj. 1. Attacking a person’s character or motivations rather than a position or argument: The candidates agreed to focus on the issues rather than making ad hominem attacks against each other. 2. Appealing to the emotions rather than to logic or reason. Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ad+hominem
  • a·pos·tate / (ə-pŏs′tāt′, -tĭt) n. One who has abandoned one’s religious faith, a political party, one’s principles, or a cause. / [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin apostata, from Greek apostatēs, from aphistanai, to revolt; see apostasy.] / a·pos′tate′ adj.
  • Ambiguously Republican Duo, The / adj. refers to the union of Senator John McCain of Arizona, Republican and Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican, South Carolina. 2. the phase was coined sometime before September 2017 by investigative journalist Lee Stranahan of Populist.TV; also associated with Sputnik Radio as a talk show host as of August 2017 / Source: http://www.bcmediacentral.com
  • a·troc·i·ty / (ə-trŏs′ĭ-tē) n. pl. a·troc·i·ties 1. Appalling or atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness. 2. An appalling or atrocious act, situation, or object, especially an act of unusual or illegal cruelty inflicted by an armed force on civilians or prisoners. Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/atrocity

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  • bacha bāzī (Persian: بچه بازی‎‎, literally “boy play”; from بچه bacha, “child”, and بازی bāzī, “game”) is a slang term in Afghanistan for a wide variety of activities involving sexual relations between older men and younger adolescent men, or boys, that sometimes includes child sexual abuse or pederasty. The practitioner is commonly called bacha Baz (meaning “pedophile” in Persian). It may include to some extent child pornography, sexual slavery, and child prostitution in which prepubescent boys are sold to wealthy or powerful men for entertainment and sexual activities.[1] Bacha bazi has existed throughout history,[2] and is currently reported in various parts of Afghanistan.[3][4][5][6][7] Force and coercion are common, and security officials state they are unable to end such practices because many of the men involved in bacha bazi-related activities are powerful and well-armed warlords, including former commanders of the Northern Alliance militia.[8][9][10] Read more >>> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Bacha+bazi
  • BDS / The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (also known as BDS and the BDS Movement) is a global campaign attempting to increase economic and political pressure on Israel to comply with the stated goals of the movement. Read more >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions
  • BLM / A social justice movement focusing on black oppression and police brutality in the US and abroad. Its start is typically associated with the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager who was unarmed at the time of the shooting. / Read more >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter
  • bul·ly / 1 (bo͝ol′ē) n. pl. bul·lies / 1. A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people. / 2. A hired ruffian; a thug. / 3. A pimp. / 4. Archaic A fine person. / 5. Archaic A sweetheart. / v. bul·lied, bul·ly·ing, bul·lies v. tr. 1. To treat in an overbearing or intimidating manner. / See Synonyms at intimidate. / 2. To make (one’s way) aggressively. / v. intr. 1. To behave like a bully. /
    2. To force one’s way aggressively or by intimidation: “They bully into line at the gas pump” (Martin Gottfried). / adj. Excellent; splendid: did a bully job of persuading the members. / interj. Used to express approval: Bully for you! / [Possibly from Middle Dutch boele, sweetheart, probably alteration of broeder, brother; see bhrāter- in Indo-European roots.] / Source: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/bully

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  • cognitive dissonance / n. Psychology. Anxiety that results from simultaneously holding contradictory or incompatible attitudes, beliefs, or the like, as when one likes a person but disapproves of one of his or her habits. Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cognitive+dissonance
  • Confirmation Bias / Also found in: Medical.Confirmation bias, also called confirmatory bias or myside bias,[Note 1] is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities.[1] / Read more >>> https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/confirmation+bias
  • Continuity of Government (COG) / is the principle of establishing defined procedures that allow a government to continue its essential operations in case of nuclear war or other catastrophic event. / Also found in: Acronyms. Read more >>> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Continuity+of+government
  • coup d’é·tat / (ko͞o′ dā-tä′) / n. pl. coups d’état (ko͞o′) or coup d’états (dā-täz′) / The sudden overthrow of a government by a usually small group of persons in or previously in positions of authority. Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/coup+d%27%c3%a9tat
  • Cultural Marxism / (redirected from Cultural Marxism) Frankfurt School / (German: Frankfurter Schule) is a school of social theory and philosophy associated in part with the Institute for Social Research at the Goethe University Frankfurt. Founded during the interwar period, the School consisted of dissidents who felt at home neither in the existent capitalist, fascist, nor communist systems that had formed at the time. Many of these theorists believed that traditional theory could not adequately explain the turbulent and unexpected development of capitalist societies in the twentieth century. Critical of both capitalism and Soviet socialism, their writings pointed to the possibility of an alternative path to social development.[1] / Read more >>> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/cultural+marxism

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  • de·moc·ra·cy / (dĭ-mŏk′rə-sē) n. pl. de·moc·ra·cies / 1. Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives. / 2. A political or social unit that has such a government. / 3. The common people, considered as the primary source of political power. / 4. Majority rule. / 5. The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community. / Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Democracy
  • dis·si·dent / (dĭs′ĭ-dənt) adj. Disagreeing, as in opinion or belief. / n. One who disagrees; a dissenter. / [Latin dissidēns, dissident-, present participle of dissidēre, to disagree : dis-, apart; see dis- + sedēre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.] Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dissident

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  • es·cha·tol·o·gy / (ĕs′kə-tŏl′ə-jē) n. 1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind. 2. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment. / [Greek eskhatos, last; see eghs in Indo-European roots + -logy.] / es·chat′o·log′i·cal (ĭ-skăt′l-ŏj′ĭ-kəl, ĕs′kə-tə-lŏj′-) adj. / es·chat′o·log′i·cal·ly adv.
    es′cha·tol′o·gist n. / Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/escatology
  • eu·gen·ics / (yo͞o-jĕn′ĭks) n. (used with a sing. verb) The study or practice of attempting to improve the human gene pool by encouraging the reproduction of people considered to have desirable traits and discouraging or preventing the reproduction of people considered to have undesirable traits. / eu·gen′ic adj. / eu·gen′i·cal·ly adv. / Source: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/eugenics

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  • fas·cism / (făsh′ĭz′əm) n. 1. often Fascisma. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. b. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government. 2. Oppressive, dictatorial control. | [Italian fascismo, from fascio, group, from Late Latin fascium, from Latin fascis, bundle.]
    Word History: It is fitting that the name of an authoritarian political movement like Fascism, founded in 1919 by Benito Mussolini, should come from the name of a symbol of authority. The Italian name of the movement, fascismo, is derived from fascio, “bundle, (political) group,” but also refers to the movement’s emblem, the fasces, a bundle of rods bound around a projecting axe-head that was carried before an ancient Roman magistrate by an attendant as a symbol of authority and power. The name of Mussolini’s group of revolutionaries was soon used for similar nationalistic movements in other countries that sought to gain power through violence and ruthlessness, such as National Socialism. / Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fascism
  • Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court – FISA / n. 1. an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance / Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Foreign+Intelligence+Surveillance+Court

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  • gender dysphoria / n. (Psychiatry) a condition in which a person feels uncertainty or anxiety about his or her birth gender. / Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gender+dysphoria / Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gender+dysphoria
  • glob·al·ism / (glō′bə-lĭz′əm) n. 1. A national geopolitical policy in which the entire world is regarded as the appropriate sphere for a state’s influence. 2. The development of social, cultural, technological, or economic networks that transcend national boundaries; globalization. glob′al·ist n. | globalism / (ˈɡləʊbəlɪzəm) n. a policy that is worldwide in scope | glob•al•ism / (ˈgloʊ bəˌlɪz əm) n. the policy or doctrine of involving one’s country in international affairs, alliances, etc. [1940–45, Amer.] / Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/globalism

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  • hepatitis A / n. An acute viral hepatitis caused by an enterovirus that is transmitted by ingestion of infected food and water and that has a shorter incubation period and causes milder symptoms than hepatitis B. Also called infectious hepatitis. / Souce: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hepatitis+a
  • Human Trafficking is the trade of humans, most commonly for the purpose of sexual slavery, forced labor, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others.[1][2] This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage,[3][4][5] or the extraction of organs or tissues,[6][7] including for surrogacy and ova removal.[8] Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. Human trafficking is a crime against the person because of the violation of the victim’s rights of movement through coercion and because of their commercial exploitation. Human trafficking is the trade in people, and does not necessarily involve the movement of the person from one place to another. Read more >>> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Human+Trafficking
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  • in·cum·bent / (ĭn-kŭm′bənt) adj. 1. Imposed as an obligation or duty; obligatory: felt it was incumbent on us all to help. / 2. Lying, leaning, or resting on something else: incumbent rock strata. / 3. Currently holding a specified office: the incumbent mayor. / n. A person who holds an office or ecclesiastical benefice: The incumbent was reelected to another term. / [Middle English, holder of an office, from Medieval Latin incumbēns, incumbent-, from Latin, present participle of incumbere, to lean upon, apply oneself to : in-, on; see in-2 + -cumbere, to recline.] / in·cum′bent·ly adv. / Source: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Incumbent
  • ISIL / Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: see Islamic State / Source: https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/isil
  • Islamophobia / (ˌɪzlɑːməˈfəʊbɪə) / n. 1. (Psychology) hatred or fear of Muslims or of their politics or culture / 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) hatred or fear of Muslims or of their politics or culture / ˌIslamophobic adj / Source: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Islamophobia

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  • Lex Rex / ‘Law is King’ – Source: David Knight of RealNewsX2 / Lex Rex is a principle of government advocating a rule by law rather than by men. The phrase originated as a double entendre in the title of Samuel Rutherford’s controversial book Lex, Rex (1644), which advocated a theory of limited government and constitutionalism. / Source: Read more >>> https://definitions.uslegal.com/l/lex-rex/
  • Loco Parentis / [Latin, The place of a parent.] A description of the relationship that an adult or an institution assumes toward an infant or minor of whom the adult is not a parent but to whom the adult or institution owes the obligation of care and supervision. The term is usually designated in loco parentis. Source: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Loco+Parentis

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  • Marshall Plan / n (Historical Terms) a programme of US economic aid for the reconstruction of post-World War II Europe (1948–52). Official name: European Recovery Programme / http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Marshall+Plan
  • Mc·Car·thy·ism / (mə-kär′thē-ĭz′əm) n. 1. The practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence. 2. The use of unfair investigatory or accusatory methods in order to suppress opposition. / [After Joseph Raymond McCarthy.] / Mc·Car′thy·ist n. / Read more >>> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
  • Molon Labe (Greek: μολὼν λαβέ molṑn labé), meaning “come and take [them]”, is a classical expression of defiance. According to Plutarch,[1] Xerxes, king of Persia, demanded that the Spartans surrender their weapons and King Leonidas I responded with this phrase. It is an exemplary use of a laconic phrase. / Source: https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/molon+labe
  • Mockingbird, Operation / Operation Mockingbird was a campaign by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to influence media in the US and internationally. It was reportedly organized as an independent office by Frank Wisner in 1948. After 1953, when Allen Dulles was appointed as head of the CIA, he took a strong role in overseeing the operation, which already had influence with 25 newspapers and wire agencies. The operation has been documented as operating at least during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Read more >>> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Operation+Mockingbird
  • MSM / abbreviation for 1. mainstream media 2. (in Canada)Meritorious Service Medal / Read more >>> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/msm

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  • quid pro quo / (kwĭd′ prō kwō′) n. pl. quid pro quos also quids pro quo Something that is given in return for something else or accepted as a reciprocal part of an exchange. | [Latin quid prō quō : quid, something + prō, for + quō, ablative of quid, something.] Source: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/quid+pro+quo

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  • rac·ism / (rā′sĭz′əm) / n. 1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. / 2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
  • re·cid·i·vism / (rĭ-sĭd′ə-vĭz′əm) n. The repeating of or returning to criminal behavior by the same offender or type of offender. / [From recidivist, one who recidivates, from French récidiviste, from récidiver, to relapse, from Medieval Latin recidīvāre, from Latin recidīvus, falling back, from recidere, to fall back : re-, re- + cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.] / re·cid′i·vist n. / re·cid′i·vis′tic, re·cid′i·vous adj. / http://www.thefreedictionary.com/recidivism
  • re·pub·lic / (rĭ-pŭb′lĭk) / n. 1. a. A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president. b. A nation that has such a political order. 2. a. A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them. b. A nation that has such a political order. 3. often Republic A specific republican government of a nation: the Fourth Republic of France. 4. An autonomous or partially autonomous political and territorial unit belonging to a sovereign federation. 5. A group of people working as equals in the same sphere or field: the republic of letters.

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  • sec·u·lar / (sĕk′yə-lər) adj. 1. a. Worldly rather than spiritual: the secular affairs of the parish. b. Not relating to religion or to a religious body; nonreligious: secular music. c. Not bound by the full monastic rule of a religious order. Used of clergy.
    2. Relating to or advocating secularism. 3. a. Occurring or observed once in an age or century, as games in ancient Rome. b. Lasting or persisting for a long time: a secular bear market. c. Astronomy Of or relating to characteristics of astronomical phenomena that change slowly over time. n. 1. A member of the secular clergy. 2. A layperson. / Source: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/secular
  • SJW / An abbreviation for “social justice warrior,” a derisive term for one who supports or upholds progressive views on social issues. The implication typically is that such a person is overzealous or disingenuous. Example sentence: These SJW’s want to control every aspect of our lives! Source: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sjw
  • Streisand Effect,The / The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet. Read more >>> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Streisand+effect
  • so·ci·o·path / (sō′sē-ə-păth′, -shē-) n. A psychopath or a person with antisocial personality disorder. / so′ci·o·path′ic adj. / so′ci·op′a·thy (-ŏp′ə-thē) n. / Source: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/sociopath

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  • Virtue Signalling is the conspicuous expression of moral values done primarily with the intent of enhancing standing within a social group. The term was first used in signalling theory, to describe any behavior that could be used to signal virtue—especially piety among the religious.[1] Since 2015, the term has become more commonly used as a pejorative characterization by commentators to criticize what they regard as the platitudinous, empty, or superficial support of certain political views, and also used within groups to criticize their own members for valuing outward appearance over substantive action.[2][3][4] This more recent usage of the term has been criticized for misusing the concept of signalling and encouraging lazy thinking.[5] | Read more >>> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/virtue+signalling

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  • Wahhabism / (Arabic: الوهابية‎‎, al-Wahhābiya(h)) is an Islamic doctrine and religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.[1] It has been variously described as “ultraconservative”,[2] “austere”,[3] “fundamentalist”,[4] or “puritan(ical)”;[5][6] as an Islamic “reform movement” to restore “pure monotheistic worship” (tawhid) by devotees;[7] and as a “deviant sectarian movement”,[7] “vile sect”[8] and a distortion of Islam by its opponents.[3][9] The term Wahhabi(ism) is often used polemically and adherents commonly reject its use, preferring to be called Salafi or muwahhid.[10][11][12] The movement emphasises the principle of tawhid[13] (the “uniqueness” and “unity” of God).[14] It claims its principal influences to be Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780–855) and Ibn Taymiyyah (1263–1328), both belonging to the Hanbali school,[6] although the extent of their actual influence upon the tenets of the movement has been contested.[15][16] Read more >>> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/wahhabism
  • whis·tle·blow·er or whis·tle-blow·er or whistle blower / (wĭs′əl-blō′ər, hwĭs′-) n. One who reveals wrongdoing within an organization to the public or to those in positions of authority / whis′tle-blow′ing n. / Source: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/whistleblower

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  • xe·no·pho·bi·a / (zē′nə-fō′bēə, zĕn′ə-) n. Fear, hatred, or mistrust of that which is foreign, especially strangers or people from different countries or cultures. xe′no·pho′bic adj. | Usage Note: Xenophobia has long had two acceptable pronunciations: the traditional pronunciation with a short e in the first syllable, and a variant with a long e. In our 2015 survey, the Usage Panel overwhelmingly found both forms to be acceptable. Slightly more Panelists (55 percent as compared to 45 percent) use the long-e pronunciation in their own speech.
  • Zi·on·ism / (zī′ə-nĭz′əm) n. A political movement that supports the maintenance and preservation of the state of Israel as a Jewish homeland, originally arising in the late 1800s with the goal of reestablishing a Jewish homeland in the region of Palestine. Zi′on·ist adj. & n. Zi′on·is′tic adj.

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