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..., Viking culture, Viking art, Viking religion, Viking ship, and so on. The people of medieval Scandinavia are also referred to as Norse, although this term p
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] luxurie, from Anglo-French luxorie, from [[Latin]] luxuria rankness, luxu
Luxury goods are said to have high income elasticity of demand: as people become [[wealth]]ier, they will buy more and more of the luxury good. This
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] poverte, from Anglo-French poverté, from [[Latin]] paupertat-, paupertas,
...ed contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people live.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destitute]
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...o irritate, annoy’, ‘to address, salute’, In modern German and Dutch as in English, the sense ‘salute’ has become the prominent one, such other senses as
...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English].: To approach, come up to; to begin upon, begin to treat or handle, take i
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...://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_B._Titchener Edward B. Titchener] into the English term empathy.
...ompass]] a broad range of [[emotional]] states, including caring for other people and having a [[desire]] to help them; experiencing emotions that match anot
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''dormitorium'', from ''dormire''
...ed [[meaning]]: it refers specifically to an individual room in which many people sleep, typically at a boarding school. The UK equivalent of the American wo
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...tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_words_for_snow Eskimo words for snow]". English speakers can also elaborate their snow and cattle vocabularies when the nee
...nto a wide range of vocabulary size by age five or six, at which time an [[English]]-speaking child will know about 2,500–5,000 words. An average student le
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#: Ref: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the [[English|English Language]], Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 08 Mar. 2007.
...l [[behavior]]. Artifacts are the objects or products designed and used by people to meet re-occurring needs or to solve problems. An example of a common soc
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[[Persons|People]], places, or [[things]] may not complete a [[transition]], or a transition
# "liminal", Oxford English Dictionary. Ed. J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon P
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] smerian to [[laugh]], [[Sanskrit]] smayate he smiles
...eval of your name is enhanced as is shown in neuroscience research, versus people who have neutral [[facial]] [[expressions]].
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...''slengenamn'', which means "nickname"), but is discounted by the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] based on "date and early associations".
...the user is familiar with whatever is referred to, or with a [[group]] of people who are familiar with it and use the term.
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] positivus, from positus, past participl
...o, or [[constituting]] the [[degree]] of comparison that is expressed in [[English]] by the unmodified and uninflected form of an adjective or adverb and deno
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...ious [[asceticism]], living either alone or with any number of like-minded people, whilst always maintaining some degree of [[physical]] separation from thos
...[[Greek]] [[language]] the term can apply to men or women; but in modern [[English]] it is in use only for men, while nun is used for female monastics.
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The term '''judgment''' (American English) or '''judgement''' (British English) generally refers to the considered evaluation of evidence in the formation
...d judge that "It is raining" if there are raindrops hitting the window, if people outside are using umbrellas, and if there are clouds in the sky. Someone wh
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] brigaunt, from Middle French brigand, from Old Italian brigante, from brig
...igandage may be, and not infrequently has been, the last [[resource]] of a people subject to [[invasion]]. The Calabrians who fought for [https://en.wikipedi
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...D Old English] scēaphyrde, from scēap sheep + hierde herdsman; akin to Old English heord herd
...(grazing at large); usually one so employed for hire; or one of a pastoral people who herds (his own) sheep, goats, etc.
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] werreour, from Anglo-French *werreier, guerreier, from warreier, guerreier
...as well. In some [[societies]], warfare may be so central that the entire people (or, more often, large parts of the [[male]] [[population]]) may be conside
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...ly from the [[Manchu]] [[language]], and indeed is "the only commonly used English word that is a loan from this language". ISBN 1557865604
...and traditional healers, who assert the word comes from a specific place, people, and set of practices.
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] Panteon, a [[temple]] at [[Rome]], from [[Latin]] Pantheon, from [[Greek]]
*3: the gods of a people; especially : the officially recognized gods
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] enmite, from Anglo-French enemité, enemisté, from enemi enemy
...mals]], to hatred of oneself or other people, entire [[groups]] of people, people in general, [[existence]], or everything. Though not always, hatred is ofte
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