IDENTITY AND BELONGING

Kylie S.
Words to do with identity and belonging.
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  1. belong
    be owned by; be in the possession of
  2. belonging
    happiness felt in a secure relationship
  3. multicultural
    relating to or including diverse nationalities or customs
  4. static
    not in physical motion
  5. unchanging
    showing little if any change
  6. fluid
    continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow
  7. participate
    be involved in
  8. interact
    do something together or with others
  9. marginalise
    relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people
  10. marginalisation
    the social process of becoming or being made marginal
  11. self-esteem
    a feeling of pride in yourself
  12. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  13. values
    beliefs of a group in which they have emotional investment
  14. displacement
    the act of moving something from its natural environment
  15. alienation
    the act of causing someone to become unfriendly or hostile
  16. foreign
    not deriving from the essential nature of something
  17. disassociate
    break away from; stop having a relationship with
  18. adhere
    stick to firmly
  19. conform
    be similar, be in line with
  20. assimilate
    make alike
  21. adjust
    alter or regulate so as to conform to a standard
  22. connection
    a relation between things or events
  23. desire
    the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
  24. discriminate
    marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions
  25. prejudice
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  26. inhibit
    limit the range or extent of
  27. subjective
    taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
  28. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  29. adjust
    alter or regulate so as to conform to a standard
  30. identify
    recognize as being
  31. ideology
    an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group
  32. difference
    the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
  33. sexuality
    the properties distinguishing reproductive roles
  34. conformity
    correspondence in form, type, or appearance
  35. inclusion
    the act of making a part of something
  36. exclusion
    a deliberate act of omission
  37. vilification
    slanderous defamation
  38. malign
    speak unfavorably about
  39. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  40. xenophobic
    having abnormal fear or hatred of foreigners
  41. superiority
    the quality of being better than someone or something
  42. inferiority
    the state of being lesser
Created on Sun May 27 22:35:01 EDT 2012 (updated Tue May 29 00:01:51 EDT 2012)

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