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6938459303ProvinceAn administrative division or unit of a country; or a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman government.0
6938483831ProvincialOf or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded; "Provincial" also refers to the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order.1
6938501906Push-pull factorsPush and pull factors are those factors which either forcefully push people into migration or attract them. The push factor involves a force which acts to drive people away from a place, such as a failing economy in one's own country. A pull factor, such as a job opportunity, is what draws them to a new location.2
6938553027QuagmireAn area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields or gives away under the foot. It's so hard to climb out of a quagmire, the word came to also mean any difficult or sticky situation you find yourself in.3
6938568752QualifyMeeting and satisfying the requirements/relevant conditions needed to become officially eligible as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity.4
6938582518QuandaryA state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation/dilemma.5
6938596907QuantifyTo measure or judge the amount of something, usually put into numbers as well.6
6938624438Quantitythe amount or number of a material or immaterial thing, especially something that can be measured.7
6938633812QuestA long search or journey to obtain something that is difficult to find.8
6950165568Racism/racialPrejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. / Of or relating to the social construct of race.9
6950170184RadicalExtreme, especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms; also referred to as a person who advocates fundamental political, economic, and social reforms by direct and often relentless methods.10
6950182989Rare/RarityNot found or occurring in large numbers; uncommon. / A thing that is rare, especially one having particular value as a result of this.11
6950190248Rational/RationaleHaving or exercising reason, sound judgment, or good sense. / The fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.12
6950197010Raw materialBasic substance in its natural or semi-processed state, usually used as input in a production process that results in a finished good.13
6950210359Rebel/RebellionA person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler. / An open, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler.14
6950216981ReformAn amend in something (typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.15
6950229770RegimeA regime is the ruling government of a country. Usually, the amount of restrictions and freedom that citizens of a country have change from regime to regime.16
6950240907RegisterAn official list or directory of public records. / To put information, especially your name, into an official list or record.17
6950274073RegulationA law or order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.18
6950303028ReincarnationThe belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form.19
6950304753RepublicA state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.20
6950305277RevenueThe income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses. / The return or yield from any kind of property, patent, or service.21
6950308319RevoltTo break away from or rise against constituted authority, usually by open rebellion.22
6950321190RevolutionAn overthrow and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.23
6950322776(The) RightA moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.24
6953019553RimlandA peripheral (Peripheral = situated on the edge of something) region, especially one with political or strategic significance.25
6950324024RuralOf, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people.26
6950326727SacredConnected with God (or a deity), or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration.27
6950332314SarcasmRemarks that mean the opposite of what they say, made to criticize someone or something in a way that is amusing to others but annoying to the person criticized.28
6950355882ScholarA specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities; a distinguished academic.29
6950376632Secede/SecessionTo withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.30
6953031773SecondaryComing after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary.31
6953033605SectA group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.32
6953036810SecularNot subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order.33
6953042620SedentaryTending to spend much time seated; somewhat inactive. Also refers to those inhabiting the same locality throughout life; not migratory or nomadic.34
6953050902SegregationThe separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means.35
6953068804Serf/SerfdomAn agricultural labourer bound by the feudal system who was tied to working on his lord's estate. Term originated in the late 15th century, during the Middle Ages. / Serfdom is the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism.36
6953084030ShamanA person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits, especially among some peoples of northern Asia and North America. Typically such people enter a trance state during a ritual, and practise divination and healing.37
6953099684ShamanismA religion practiced by indigenous peoples of far northern Europe and Siberia that is characterized by belief in an unseen world of gods, demons, and ancestral spirits responsive only to the shamans.38
6953113736Skepticism/SkepticalA sceptical attitude; doubt as to the truth of something. / Not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.39
6953122781SlaveryThe state of being legally owned by another person and forced to work for that person without pay.40
6953129734Social DarwinismThe theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform.41
6953133729SocialismA political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.42
6953134965Socio-economicOf, relating to, or involving a combination of social and economic factors.43
6953149874Sovereignty/SovereignThe quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority. / A group or body of persons or a state having supreme power and authority. Usually describing a monarch.44
6953161585StateThe condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes. Also used to describe a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.45

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