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Origins of the Cuban
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| hegemony | DEF: Dominant influence or authority (social, cultural, or political) by one group/nation over others. SYNS: Supremacy, ascendancy, dominion, predominance, sovereignty, mastery, leadership, & command. EX: The empire maintained its regional hegemony. |
| opulent | DEF: Ostentatiously rich, lavish, or luxurious; characterized by wealth. SYNS: Deluxe, extravagant, grand, palatial, plush, sumptuous, affluent, swanky, & ornate. EX: The hotel lobby was decorated in an opulent style with gold leaf and marble. |
| exacerbate | DEF: To make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse. SYNS: Aggravate, inflame, worsen, intensify, provoke, irritate, & heighten. EX: High humidity can exacerbate certain health conditions, making it much harder for patients to breathe. |
| aped | DEF: Imitated or copied something in an inept or unthinking way. SYNS: Mimicked, mirrored, echoed, simulated, copied, "Washington only maintained contact with cubans who aped their views, their assumptions were unquestioned |
| Ineluctable | impossible to avoid, evade, or resist; it signifies something is absolutely inevitable or fated. "He accepted his ineluctable fate with quiet resignation" Synonyms: Inevitable Unavoidable Inescapable Inexorable Irrevocable Unstoppable Fated |
| Congenial | a person, place, or thing that is pleasant, friendly, and easy to get along with. It often refers to someone with a similar temperament or an environment suited to one's needs. "They feel congenial toward each other's overall goals in life". |
| Beleaguered | in a very difficult situation: "the board is supporting the beleaguered director amid calls for his resignation" hard-pressed troubled with one's back to the wall under the cosh under pressure under stress in a tight corner |
| belligerency | the state of being actively engaged in a war/ armed conflict. it signifies the legal status where a recognized entity participates in hostilities, subjecting them to the laws of war. "Congress recognized the belligerency of the rebels" |
| fecundity | the biological capacity or potential to produce offspring. It measures the physical ability to reproduce, distinguishing it from fertility, which refers to actual, realized reproductive performance. |
| seasawed | Refers to a situation, negotiation, or decision-making process that repeatedly alternates between two states or opinions (e.g., "Within the cabinet the debate seesawed between the president and the secretary of State" |
| ataviistic | deep-seated, subconscious human impulses—like a sudden, intense fear of the dark—that stem from our prehistoric ancestors rather than modern logic. PrimalInstinctiveInnateVisceral "the atavistic state of US public opinion" |
| gravitating inexorably | |
| abreast | "these advances were necessary to keep Cuban sugar abreast of vigorous new competition" |
| Disparate | fundamentally different, distinct, or unrelated, especially in a way that makes comparison difficult "the disparate native groups cooperated during the independence revolt" distinct,divergent,unrelated,unconnected,,dissimilar,contrasting |
| synicalism (action) | worker‑run production, organized through trade unions, using direct action (strikes, boycotts, sabotage) to achieve social and economic change. Revolutionary unionism Anti‑capitalist/anti‑state ideas Collective ownership General strikes as a tool |
| synicalism (idea) | a political/economic ideology that argues workers should control industry directly through their own unions rather than through the state or private owners. It’s rooted in radical labor movements from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
| Annexation vs. Independence | Annexation and independence are political opposites: one is about absorbing a territory into another state, the other is about breaking away to form a sovereign state. |
| rabble | "while the Haitian revolutionaries had been seen as a black rabble, Cuban rebels were pictured as white warriors" |
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