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Indigenous Studies
Words taken from class readings
| Metaphor(OED) | A figure of speech in which a name or descriptive word or phrase is transferred to an object or action different from, but analogous to, that to which it is literally applicable.Understanding 1 thing n terms of another. |
| Allegory(OED) | Description of subject under guise of some other subject of aptly suggestive resemblance.not !=text&&text ==acted Text&&actedText. |
| Ceremony | ritual enactment of specialized perception of cosmic relat.Incantaion/song/rayer/dance/drum. purpose==fusion/union with comm. |
| Ceremony(OED) | An outward rite or observance, religious or held sacred; the performance of some solemn act according to prescribed form; a solemnity. |
| Idiosyncratic | Individual bent of mind, view/feeling/liking/aversion.(person/race/nation) |
| Myth | Prose record of perception of cosmic relationship. |
| Myth(OED) | Traditional story, typically involving supernatural beings/forces, embodies && provides explanation||aetiology||justification for something lyk early history of society||religious belief or ritual ||natural phenomenon. |
| Harmony(OED) | Combination or adaptation of parts, elements, or related things, so as to form a consistent and orderly whole; agreement, accord, congruity. |
| Balance(OED) | To bring to or keep in equilibrium |
| Mimesis | Imitation of another person's words, mannerisms, actions |
| Trope(OED) | A figure of speech which consists in the use of a word or phrase in a sense other than that which is proper to it; also, in casual use, a figure of speech; figurative language |
| Metonymy(OED) | the action of substituting for a word or phrase denoting an object, action, institution, etc., a word or phrase denoting a property or something associated with it |
| Logic(OED) | a type of critical thinking. Used to evaluate valid forms of arguments as well as truth/correctness |
| Think(OED) | With emphasis on the action or process. The most general verb for expressing internal mental activity, excluding the simple perception of external things or passive reception of ideas |
| Critical(OED) | Involving or exercising careful judgement or observation; nice, exact, accurate, precise, punctual |
| Holism | idea that all the properties of a given system cannot be determined or explained by its component parts alone. Instead, the system as a whole determines in an important way how the parts behave. |
| Respect | To take cognizance of; to heed, pay attention to, take notice of. To bear in mind, think of, consider. |
| Commodification | he action of turning something into, or treating something as, a (mere) commodity; commercialization of an activity, |
| Acculturation | The adoption and assimilation of an alien culture |
| Movement | A change of place or position; a progress, change, development. |
| Latinize | To turn into Latin, to write in Latin, to give a Latin form to |
| Pestilence | Fatal epidemic || disease. Affecting ppl || animals. Plague |
| Value(OED) | That amount of some commodity, medium of exchange, etc., which is considered to be an equivalent for something else; a fair or adequate equivalent or return |
| Thought(OED) | The action or process of thinking; mental action or activity in general, esp. that of the intellect; exercise of the mental faculty; formation and arrangement of ideas in the mind. |
| Motion | In physics, motion is a change in position of an object with respect to time. |
| possess | o hold or enjoy (something non-material); to have as an attribute, property, condition, etc.; to be characterized by (a quality, characteristic |
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