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Definition of "Abolish"

The document provides definitions for various terms related to social, political, and behavioral concepts. Key terms include aggression, authority, consent, and various political roles and actions. It serves as a glossary for understanding complex societal dynamics and governance.

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Definition of "Abolish"

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● Aggression-behavior whose purpose is to harm another

● Authority-the right to use power

● Benign-kind and gentle

● Bully-one who is habitually cruel to weaker people

● Command-an official order

● Conquer-to take over

● Consent-permission

● Controversy-dispute, debate, quarrel

● Dictator-a ruler who has complete power over a country

● Dominate-to rule completely

● Eliminate-to get rid of

● Enforce-to make people obey a rule or law

● Entitled-given the right to have or do something

● Exempt-free from obligation

● Former-previous

● Impose-to forcibly place upon

● Inferior-below

● Label-a word or phrase that is used to describe someone or sth

● Liberate-to set free

● Master-be or become completely proficient or skilled in

● Minister-official,priest

● Monarch-a ruler of a kingdom or empire

● Prohibit-to stop one from doing something,

● Reign-authority, rule

● Reinforce-to make stronger with new materials or support

● Reluctant-unwilling and hesitant

● Resist-to work or fight against


● Restrict-to keep within set limit, to confine

● Society-people who share a culture and a territory

● Subject-to make sm experience sth unpleasant

● Subjective-existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions,


emotions, personal, individual, based on feelings

● Submit-to send yourself under someone else's control, to give in to someone


else's power

● Summon-to call together, to send for or to request to appear

● Superior-above

● Undermine-to weaken

● Unrest-a troubled or disturbed state

● Victimise-make sb suffer unfairly, esp because one does not like them or their
opinions

● Vulnerable-open to attack, capable of being wounded or damaged,


unprotected

● Advocate-to speak in favor of

● Alleviate-to relieve, make more bearable

● Bureaucracy-a large, complex organization composed of appointed officials

● Charity-giving resources or volunteering time to help those in need

● Class-group of similar orders

● Community-all the different populations that live together in an area

● Convict-prove guilty, show conclusively to be guilty

● Corruption-the decay of people's values

● Deterrent-something that discourages or hinders

● Heritage-practices that are handed down from the past by tradition

● Immigration-migration to a new location

● Industrial action-steps taken by workers to affect production in order to


influence employers

● Institution-a long-lasting pattern of organization in a community


● Legislation-the act of making or enacting laws

● Prejudice-preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual


experience

● Prison-reform emphasized the idea of rehabilitation

● Prosecute-to bring before a court of law for trial, to carry out

● State-an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established


government with control over its internal and foreign affairs

● Abolish-to officially end a law or system

● Adversary-a person that sb is opposed to and competing with in an argument

● Alternative-a thing that you can choose to do or have out of two

● Arms-weapons, used by the army

● Ballot paper-a slip of paper used to register a vote

● Boil down to-to have sth as a main or basic part

● Candidate-a person that is considered suitable for sth

● Capitalize-on to gain a further advantage for yourself

● Class-based-a status hierarchy in which individuals and groups are classified


on the basis of economic success

● Come under fire-to be criticized severely for sth

● Common good-the benefit or interests of all

● Communal-involving different groups of people in a community

● Constituency-a district that elects its own government

● Country-an area of land that nas or used to have its own government

● Disposal-sth is available to be used by everyone

● Economical with the truth-not stating the true facts

● Egalitarian-based on, or holding the belief that everyone is equal and should
have the same rights

● Electorate-the people in a country or an area who have the right to vote

● Equal rights-the right to be treated without discrimination


● Eradicate-to destroy or get rid of sth completely

● Extreme-very great in degree

● Foe-an enemy or opponent

● Freedom-the right to do or say what you want without anyone stopping you

● Freeloader-a person who is always accepting help from other people without
giving them anything in exchange

● General election-an election in which all the people of a country vote to


choose a government

● Get rid-of to remove sth that is causing a problem

● Humanity-people in general

● Law enforcement-the activity of making certain that the laws of an area are
obeyed

● Left-wing politics-a political outlook that favours social change

● Liberty freedom-to live as you can choose without too many restrictions from
government

● Local elections-an election to select members for a local council

● Mainstream-the ideas and opinions that are thought to be normal because


they are shared by most people

● Majority rule-a system in which power is held by the group that has the largest
numbers of members

● Manifesto-a written statement in which a group of people, especially a political


party, explain their beliefs

● Mankind-all humans thought about as one large group

● Moderate-having or showing opinions, especially about politics

● Nation-a country considered as a group of people with the same language,


culture, history

● Pledge-a serious promise

● Pluck out of the air-to say a name, number without thinking about it

● Politically correct-used to describe language or behaviour that deliberately


tries to avoid offending particular groups
● Polling station-a building where people go to vote in an election

● Human population-all the people who live in a particular area or a country

● Private-belonging to or for the use of a particular person

● Promise-to tell sb that you will definitely do or not to do

● Quick off the mark-fast in reacting to a situation

● Radical-concerning the most basic and important parts of sth

● Reactionary-a person who is opposed to political or social change

● Right-wing politics-political outlook that is least in favour of social change

● Secular-not connected with spiritual or religious matters

● Set the record straight-to give people the correct information about sth in
order to make it clear that what they previously beliefd was in fact wrong

● Spiritual-connected with the human spirit,rather than the body

● Swear-to vse rude or offensive language

● Talk up-to talk about sth to make it seem as good as possible

● Toe the line-to say or do what sb in authority tells you to say or do

● Turnout-the number of people who vote in a particular election

● Vote-a formal choice that you make in an election

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