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Segregation
[seg-ri-gey-shuhn] |
The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes or ethnic groups, as is schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination.
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Discrimination
[dih-skrim-uh-ney-shuhn] |
Unfair treatment of a person or group because of prejudice.
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Mediation
[mee-dee-ey-shuhn] |
An attempt to bring about a peaceful settlement or compromise between disputants through the objective intervention of a neutral party.
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Arbitration
[ahr-bi-trey-shuhn] |
The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person chosen by the parties.
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Boycott
[boi-kot] |
To refuse to follow, obey, or purchase from a group in an attempt to force them to listen to your demands.
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Lockout
[lok-out] |
To refuse entry to workers who will not comply with company policy.
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Injunction
[in-juhngk-shuhn] |
A writ or process, granted by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts.
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Catastrophe
[kuh-tas-truh-fee] |
An event that results in great loss and misfortune.
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Laissez-faire
[les-ey fair] |
An economic doctrine that opposes governmental regulation of or interference in commerce beyond the minimum necessary for a free-enterprise system to operate according to its own economic laws.
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Skirmish
[skur-mish] |
A minor or brief fight.
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