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23 Cards in this Set
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hindsight
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perception of the significance of events after they have occured
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vantage
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position likely to provide superiority or give an overall view
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insular
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narrow-minded
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imbue
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to fill
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ethnocentric
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based on the belief that one's group is superior
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doctrinate
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rigidly devoted to beliefs
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reactionary
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opponent of change
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fundamentalist
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person who rigidly follows fundamental principles
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conservative
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favoring traditional values
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reductionistic
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unified whole
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analogy
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correspondence in some way between two otherwise dissimilar things
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homogenized
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similar
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hybrid
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mixed composition
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rampant
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unrestrained
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ominous
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unrestrained
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debunked
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discredited
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ideology
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set of beliefs that are the basis of a political or economic system
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affirm
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to maintain to be true
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adherent
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follower
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despotism
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absolute power
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pontificate
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to speak with pompous authority
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polemicist
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person skilled in argueing
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sententious
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terse nad vigorous in expression
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