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WS Words to Define 41 words

July 17, 2009 By Oliver F. (Pittsburgh, PA)

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  1. mercy
    a disposition to be kind and forgiving
  2. democracy
    the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
  3. intelligence
    the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
  4. social
    living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups
  5. social group
    people sharing some social relation
  6. justice
    the quality of being just or fair
  7. political
    involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
  8. moral
    concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
  9. value
    the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
  10. education
    the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
  11. creativity
    the ability to create
  12. excogitation
    thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it
  13. belief
    any cognitive content held as true
  14. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
  15. ethical
    conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior
  16. ethics
    motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
  17. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  18. leader
    a person who rules or guides or inspires others
  19. leadership
    the status of a leader
  20. egocentrism
    concern for your own interests and welfare
  21. economics
    the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
  22. politics
    the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government
  23. stagnate
    stand still
  24. objective
    the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
  25. proponent
    a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
  26. pluralism
    a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated
  27. rationalism
    the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
  28. syncretism
    the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)
  29. parochialism
    a limitation of views or interests like that defined by a local parish
  30. dispensation
    the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
  31. multiplicity
    the property of being multiple
  32. abhor
    find repugnant
  33. impartial
    free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
  34. inscribed
    written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface
  35. human right
    (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)
  36. compromise
    an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
  37. politician
    a leader engaged in civil administration
  38. civilization
    a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
  39. citizen
    a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
  40. government
    (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
  41. inalienable
    incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another