I have been studying for two years now in Social Science Individual Profile at Montmorency College. My program allows us to develop a better understanding of the individual, with the help of psychology, for example. It allows us to better understand social phenomena such as politics or education. Social Science promotes communication and a better understanding of the world around us. I find it necessary to make a glossary of terms, because the vocabulary used can be difficult and confusing. Then, I would like to help the first year with a definition of words frequently used in my current field of study.
androgynous
adjective
Androgyny is the combination of masculine and feminine characteristics.
fr: androgyne
asexuality
adjective
Absence of sexual attraction to either sex.
fr: asexualité
coercion
noun
A relationship where one person can, by threat or force, change another person's behaviour.
fr: coercition
democracy
noun
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
fr: démocratie
election
noun
Election is the designation, by the vote of voters, of representatives to represent them or to hold office on their behalf.
fr: élection
epistemology
noun
Critical study of science to determine its logical origin, value, and scope.
fr: épistémologie
fascism
noun
As a revolutionary movement, it is head-on opposed to parliamentary democracy and the liberal state that guarantees individual rights.
fr: fascisme
geography
noun
Geography is a science that studies the organization of the territory according to people and their movements. In short, it studies the relationship that society has with its spaces by analysing and describing its various ways of inhabiting it.
fr: géographie
heterosexuality
adjective
Sexual or romantic attraction to someone of the opposite sex.
fr: hétérosexualité
hierarchy
noun
Social organization based on relationships of subordination (according to the powers, the situation of each).
fr: Hiéarchie
history
noun
History is a science that studies the events of past life.
fr: histoire
human
It can be a noun or an adjective.
A human being, especially a person as distinguished from an animal or (in science fiction) an alien.
fr: humain
immigrant
noun and adjective
Person who immigrates or has recently immigrated to a country.
fr: immigrant
Islamist
noun
Those who read the Koran and apply it on the political level.
fr: Islamiste
Legislative Assembly
Noun
The National Assembly is the decision-making body of a government on the legislative level, where elected deputies meet to propose and debate bills, then vote on them and enforce them.
fr: Assemblé Législative
masturbation
noun
The practice of provoking (on oneself or on a partner) sexual pleasure through manual contact.
fr: masturbation
monarchy
noun
A form of government with a monarch at the head.
fr: monarchie
nobility
adjective
Those who fought and protected the clergy and the deer. They were lords and had hereditary political power.
fr: noblesse
vassal diet
noun plus adjective
Relating to vassalage, i.e. the condition of a vassal, i.e. a person who has paid homage to a lord from whom he has received a fief and to whom he owes various services.
