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. enmesh
    entangle in or as if in a net
  8. participate
    be involved in
  9. interact
    do something together or with others
  10. marginalise
    relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people
  11. marginalisation
    the social process of becoming or being made marginal
  12. self-esteem
    a feeling of pride in yourself
  13. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  14. values
    beliefs of a group in which they have emotional investment
  15. displacement
    the act of moving something from its natural environment
  16. alienation
    the act of causing someone to become unfriendly or hostile
  17. foreign
    not deriving from the essential nature of something
  18. disassociate
    break away from; stop having a relationship with
  19. adhere
    stick to firmly
  20. conform
    be similar, be in line with
  21. lamentation
    the passionate activity of expressing grief
  22. assimilate
    make alike
  23. adjust
    alter or regulate so as to conform to a standard
  24. connection
    a relation between things or events
  25. desire
    the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
  26. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  27. discriminate
    marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions
  28. prejudice
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  29. inhibit
    limit the range or extent of
  30. nomad
    a member of a people who have no permanent home
  31. subjective
    taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
  32. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  33. adjust
    alter or regulate so as to conform to a standard
  34. identify
    recognize as being
  35. exile
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
  36. ideology
    an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group
  37. difference
    the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
  38. sexuality
    the properties distinguishing reproductive roles
  39. conformity
    correspondence in form, type, or appearance
  40. inclusion
    the act of making a part of something
  41. exclusion
    a deliberate act of omission
  42. vilification
    slanderous defamation
  43. malign
    speak unfavorably about
  44. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  45. xenophobic
    having abnormal fear or hatred of foreigners
  46. superiority
    the quality of being better than someone or something
  47. inferiority
    the state of being lesser
  48. apartheid
    a social policy of racial segregation
  49. subjugation
    forced submission to control by others
  50. vilification
    slanderous defamation
  51. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  52. unfailing
    unceasing
  53. identification
    the act of designating something
  54. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  55. success
    an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
  56. hope
    the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
Created on Mon Mar 25 22:21:09 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Aug 27 20:00:16 EDT 2013)

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