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7950959137socioeconomicssocial and economic factors0
7950965667bourgeoismember of the middle class1
7951567477materialismpreoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.2
7951570133oppressionheavily burdened or put down3
7951581894consumerismthe concept that an ever-expanding consumption of goods is advantageous to the economy4
7951600354capitalisman economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.5
7951602801hierarchypersons or things in a ranking6
7951609683stratificationdispersing individuals based on rank7
7951612939avaricegreed for riches8
7951616394effeteexcessively self-indulgent9
7951641362chauvinismprejudice belief to his own superiority10
7951648051machismomanliness11
7951655291effeminatehaving feminine traits, soft and delicate12
7951675145virilityvigor, masculinity13
7951681157idinstinctive desires14
7951686416egomediates between the id and superego15
7951690599superegomorals and lawful conscious16
7951697905Freudianrelating to Sigmund Freud and his psychoanalytic studies17
7951704566projectionsomething that is protruding18
7951709413regressionreverse to a lesser form19
7951714993archetypean original pattern or model, a collectively inherited unconscious idea/pattern of thought20
7951727249collective unconsciousinborn unconscious psychic material common to humankind21
7951737667suppressionconscious inhibition of an impulse22
7951742002expungeto wipe out, destroy23
7951747871repressionrejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, etc.24
7951756406displacementto take the place of25
7951762510subconsciousthe mind beneath our consciousness26
7951764378misogynyhatred or dislike towards women27
7951769776patriarchymale superiority and control28
7951772089marginalizeto place in a position of importance, to close in on29
7951786091subservienceserving or acting in a subordinate capacity30

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