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Unit 4
11 klass, 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abhorrent | Inspiring disgust and loathing. |
| Activist | A person who campaigns to bring about political or social change. |
| Ageism | Prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's age, |
| Aggrieved | Feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated. |
| Anonymous | Not identified by name, of unknown name. |
| Armed struggle | Political conflict involving weapons. |
| Banner | A long strip of cloth bearing a slogan or design, carried in a demonstration/procession or hung in a public place. |
| Barricade | An improvised barrier erected across a street/other thoroughfare to prevent/delay the movement of opposing forces. |
| Bound (people are bound to notice) | Certain to be or to do or have something. |
| Break up (a demonstration) | (of a gathering or collective) disband, end. |
| Equality | The state or quality of being equal |
| Extreme view | Situation or type of behaviour that has opposite qualities to each other |
| First past the post | A voting system used by some countries to elect their governments or the members of their parliaments |
| Freedom of speech | The concept of the inherent human right to voice one's opinion publicly without fear of censorship or punishment |
| Free speech | The right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint |
| Gain independence | Achieve freedom from outside control or support |
| General election | An election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen |
| General public | Ordinary people in society, rather than people who are considered to be important or who belong to a particular group |
| Hold\be excluded from public office | Deny (someone) access to a position of authority or service involving responsibility to the public |
| Homophobic | Having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people |
| sit-in | a protest in which people sit down in order to stop a business from operating until their demands are listened to |
| sit up and take notice | to start to pay attention |
| spiral of violence | violent behavior that gets worse and worse |
| stifle opposition | to stop strong disagreement with a plan or policy from developing normally |
| stunt | something silly or unusual that is done to get public attention |
| riot | a violent protest by a crowd of people |
| single-issue politics | political campaigning or political support based on one essential policy area or idea |
| take a stand | Testify at a trial |
| undermine | to make something or someone become gradually less effective, confident, or successful |
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