Cuda's Glossary

25 Diverse Learning Contexts. terms

For Future use and practice creating a glossary of terms.

ableism
noun
A sense of discrimination that holds favor toward able-bodied people.
activism
noun
Policies or actions using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social changes.
ageism
noun
The prejudice or discrimination on the basis of someone's age.
apartheid
noun
Certain policies or systems of segregation set in place used to discriminate or alienate a particular group.
bias
noun
to hold prejudice against someone or something in comparison with another entity to be unfair
bigotry
noun
The unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion or faction against particular individuals or entities on the basis of their membership to a group.
cultural
adjective
The relationship to ideas, customs, and social behaviors in society including the arts and intellectual achievements.
en: cultural
emigrant
noun
Someone who leaves their own country permanently in order to find a more suitable settlement.
ethnicity
noun
The state or fact of belonging to a social group that holds a common national or cultural tradition.
faith
noun
to have complete trust or confidence in someone or something including beliefs, doctrines of religion, and spiritual apprehensions
heterogeneous
adjective
To have diversity in character or content.
homogeneous
adjective
to be of similar parts or to be of the same kind, alike
kinship
noun
To be in a state of relationship; especially of direct relationship toward family, nature or qualities.
language
noun
Principals or methods of human communication that consist of words in structured and conventional ways conveyed by speech, writing or gestures.
legality
noun
To have quality or a state of accordance with the obligations imposed by laws.
literacy
noun
To have the ability to read, write or have competence of knowledge in a certain area.
minority
noun
To be of smaller number or of part to a larger number or part, be less than.
prejudice
noun
To have a liking or dislike toward someone or something else without good reason or judgment.
progressive
adjective
An act or action that develops gradually or within stages such as ideals.
socialization
noun
Activities of mixing socially with other individuals or entities.
stereotypes
noun
A well-known idea held about a particular person, image, ideal, or thing that is oversimplified or fixed.
tolerance
noun
To have the ability or willingness to tolerate something or someone in the existence of opinions or behavior.
transgender
adjective
Indication or relationship to a person whose sense of personal identity or gender that does not directly relate to their birth sex.
uncivil
adjective
Not being courteous or polite toward someone or something.
xenophobia
noun
To hold a dislike or prejudice against individuals from differing countries.