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  2. Expletive (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    An expletive is a word or phrase inserted into a sentence that is not needed to express the basic meaning of the sentence. [1] It is regarded as semantically null or a placeholder. [2] Expletives are not insignificant or meaningless in all senses; they may be used to give emphasis or tone, to contribute to the meter in verse, or to indicate ...

  3. Exploitation of labour - Wikipedia

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    Exploitation is a concept defined as, in its broadest sense, one agent taking unfair advantage of another agent. [1] When applying this to labour (or labor), it denotes an unjust social relationship based on an asymmetry of power or unequal exchange of value between workers and their employers. [2]

  4. Sexual abuse - Wikipedia

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    Sexual abuse or sex abuse is abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another. It is often perpetrated using physical force, or by taking advantage of another. [ 1 ] Sexual abuse is a term used for a persistent pattern of sexual assaults . [ 2 ]

  5. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    A famous example for lexical ambiguity is the following sentence: "Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen hinterher.", meaning "When flies fly behind flies, then flies fly in pursuit of flies." [40] [circular reference] It takes advantage of some German nouns and corresponding verbs being homonymous. While not noticeable ...

  6. Gullibility - Wikipedia

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    Gullibility is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill-advised course of action. It is closely related to credulity , which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by evidence.

  7. Character orientation - Wikipedia

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    For example, they want someone to provide them with love and attention. They are not the ones to give these things away and often lose loved ones who are close to them because of their inabilities to talk about their feelings or troubles. They find it hard to let go of past issues, often trivial, and develop a feeling of a secure present and ...

  8. Extractivism - Wikipedia

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    Example of extractivism: open-pit mining in Russia Example of European extractivism: a quarry in the Apuan Alps, Italy. No Cav is an anti-extractivism movement fighting against this activity. Extractivism is the removal of natural resources particularly for export with minimal processing.

  9. Oppression - Wikipedia

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    For example, "blacks are: approximately four times more likely to be targeted for police use of force than their white counterparts; arrested and convicted for drug-related criminal activities at higher rates than their overall representation in the U.S. population; and are more likely to fear unlawful and harsh treatment by law enforcement ...