Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Little Timmy's Election Year Dictionary (Abridged)

Ambivalent- having ”mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action.
Balanced- being in harmonious or proper arrangement or adjustment, proportion, etc.
Bigot- a person who is intolerant of any ideas other than his or her own, esp on religion, politics, or race.
Bigotry- stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.
Bipartisan- representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions.
Buy-to acquire by exchange or concession, to buy favor with flattery, to hire or obtain the services of, to bribe.
Cheat- to deceive; influence by fraud, to elude; deprive of something expected.
Cheater- a person or thing that cheats.
Contribute- to give (money, food, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc.
Contributor- a person who contributes money, assistance, etc.
Citizen- an inhabitant of a city or town, especially one entitled to its privileges or franchise, an inhabitant, or denizen.
Citizenship- the state of being vested with the rights, privileges, and duties of a citizen, the character of an individual viewed as a member of society; behavior in terms of the duties, obligations, and functions of a citizen.
Competent- adequate but not exceptional.
Conservative- disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
Conservation- the careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion.
Deceit- an act or device intended to deceive; trick; stratagem, the quality of being deceitful; duplicity; falseness.
to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude.
Decide- to determine or settle (something in dispute or doubt).
Decision- the act of or need for making up one's mind.
Dishonest- not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief.
Fair- free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice.
Fascism- any ideology, movement, programme, tendency, etc, that may be characterized as right-wing, chauvinist, authoritarian, etc.
Fascist- a person who is dictatorial or has extreme right-wing views.
Fact- something that actually exists; reality; truth, something known to exist or to have happened, a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true.
Factual- based on or restricted to facts.
False- uttering or declaring what is untrue: a false witness, not faithful or loyal; treacherous: a false friend.
Falsehood- something false; an untrue idea, belief, etc.
Fear- a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined.
Fearmonger- a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
Flipflop- to change suddenly, as from one side or party to another.
Free- exempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc., as a person or one's will, thought, choice, action, etc.; independent; unrestricted.
Freedom- exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc., the power to determine action without restraint, political or national independence.
Hatemonger- one who arouses hatred for others.
Honest- honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair: an honest person, showing uprightness and fairness: honest dealings.
Honesty- truthfulness, sincerity, or frankness, freedom from deceit or fraud.
Honor- honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions.
Incompetent- not possessing the necessary ability, skill, etc. to do or carry out a task; incapable.
Integrity- adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
Interests- a business, cause, or the like in which a person has a share, concern, responsibility, etc.
Liberal- relating to or having social and political views that favor progress and reform; giving and generous in temperament or behavior; tolerant of other people.
Liberty- the power of choosing, thinking, and acting for oneself; freedom from control or restriction.
Lie- a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.
Manipulate- to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
Mislead- to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray; to lead into error of conduct, thought, or judgment.
Morality- conformity, or degree of conformity, to conventional standards of moral conduct.
Myopic- unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted; lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded.
Nationalism- exaggerated, passionate, or fanatical devotion to a national community.
Outsourcing- paying another company to provide services which a company might otherwise have employed its own staff to perform.
Pander- a person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others.
Patriot- a person who vigorously supports his country and its way of life.
Patriotism- devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
Politics- any activity concerned with the acquisition of power, gaining one's own ends, etc.
Prejudice- unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group.
Racism- the belief that races have distinctive cultural characteristics determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic superiority over others.
Right- ( sometimes capital ) of, designating, supporting, belonging to, or relating to the political or intellectual right; conservative or reactionary: the right wing of the party.
Righteous- morally justifiable or right, especially from one's own point of view.
Steal- to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force; to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.
Subtilise- to elevate in character; sublimate, to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
Tax- a compulsory financial contribution imposed by a government to raise revenue, levied on the income or property of persons or organizations, on the production costs or sales prices of goods and services, etc.
Trick- a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat.
True- being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false; sincere; not deceitful.
Truth- conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement; a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like.
Virtue- moral excellence; goodness; righteousness; conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude.
Wrong- deviating from truth or fact; erroneous: a wrong answer; not correct in action, judgment, opinion, method, etc., as a person; in error.




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