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Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations. [2] Language can influence individuals' perception of disabled people and disability. [3]
For example, there may have been a change in the way boys were divided by age; Plutarch (writing in the 2nd century CE) mentions only two groups: the younger paides and the older neoi. [11] As well, the term boua appears to replace the Classical agelē as the name for the groups of boys. [4] However, the cult of Artemis Orthia continued to play ...
An aptronym, aptonym, or euonym is a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation). [1]Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post coined the word inaptonym as an antonym for "aptonym".
Other examples of sexist microaggressions are "[addressing someone by using] a sexist name, a man refusing to wash dishes because it is 'women's work,' displaying nude pin-ups of women at places of employment, someone making unwanted sexual advances toward another person".
José Clemente Orozco's painting The Demagogue. A demagogue (/ ˈ d ɛ m ə ˌ ɡ ɒ ɡ /; from Ancient Greek δημαγωγός (dēmagōgós) ' popular leader, mob leader '; from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) ' people, populace ' and ἀγωγός (agōgós) ' leading, guiding '), [1] or rabble-rouser, [2] [3] is a political leader in a democracy who gains popularity by arousing the ...
A person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially one who is not a Christian, Jewish, or Muslim) as regarded by those who do. [130] Infidel A term used generally for non-believers. [131] Kafir A derogatory term used by Muslims for a person who is a non believer. [132] [133] Not to be confused with the South-African slur Kaffir ...
A 55-year-old tourist was seriously injured in the Turks and Caicos when she was attacked while trying to "engage" with a shark for a photo, authorities said.
Now I am agog to see what the dictionary definition of "agog" is, but the way I use it, it means sort of slack-jawed with surprise and/or intense curiosity, probably goggle-eyed, and anticipating one's mind to be boggled, i.e. wanting to know more. Now the dictionary, and I hope I'm not in for a rude awakening. Phew.