... her- or himself a feminist. In reality, there is no formal alliance of women we can call the feminists" (Civil Rights Dictionary 127-29). 2 The Oxford English Dictionary states that feminism "is the state of being female- (Oxford English Dictionary 246). As stated in the dictionary, the word originated in the year eighteen forty-six in Worcester. However, it also has a second definition ... for the word feminism. The source notes that it could also mean "a feminine, or a woman's word or expression- (Oxford English Dictionary 246). The definition that describes what a woman speaks has be...

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... Mean, Anyway? A Reverie for the Opening of the New Hayden Planetarium."" The essay brought to my attention the fact that "evolution- had a different definition before Darwin's theory became mainstream. The Oxford English Dictionary defines "evolution- as "the sequential exposure of the prepackaged potential- (Gould 324). My high school textbooks always taught the common definition of "evolution- as the name of Darwin ... sequence in an inherently progressive, or at least directional, manner (the "fiddlehead- of a fern unrolls and expands to bring forth the adult plant "a true evolution ...

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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, to catalogue is to 'make a systematic list of (items of the same type)' (Oxforddictionaries.com, 2015). In the art world, collections are organised and displayed with a particular ... ...

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... core rigidities. To identify a company's core competency, it is crucial to be aware of its meaning. Competencies, also known as capabilities are "the ability to do something successfully or efficiently" (Oxford English Dictionary, 1989). There are three tests to distinguish the core competency (Prahalad and Hamel, 1990). Firstly, the capability allows the company to have potential to diversify their market. Secondly ... ...

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... and written grammar. This was also pushed along the development cycle by Dr Johnson as he wrote 'A Dictionary of the English Language' (Johnson, 1775) and also by 'The Oxford English Dictionary' (Trench et al, 1888). This represented not only the connections between the Spoken and Written discourses, but also the differences in which the phonology of words has little ... ...

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... from such a capitalistic agriculture. Another is that they faced a process of dehumanization to where the color of their skin profiled them and their worth (Zinn 28). In the century prior, Oxford English Dictionary deemed that the color "black" was a representation of having dark, deadly purposes along with being stained with dirt, yet the color "white" was associated ... ...

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... people began before the slave trade's beginning in 1600. Before Africans were associated with the slave trade, the color black was literally and symbolically distasteful to Europeans. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, before 1600, it was defined as: "Deeply stained with dirt; soiled, dirty, foul. Having dark or deadly purposes, malignant. Foul, iniquitous, atrocious, horribly wicked, etc. And in Elizabethan ... ...

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... the word engineering can be attained by an analysis of its formal, historical, and informal definitions. The word engineering can be understood by its formal definition. First, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word engineering has three different denotations. The first one is, "The action of the verb engineer; the work done by, or the profession of, an engineer." (OED ... ...

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... is, how the term came about and what literature influenced More as well as how More's book influenced following generations of utopia writers due to this startlingly original work. The Oxford English Dictionary defines utopia as "a place, state or condition ideally perfect in respect to the politics, laws, customs and conditions" or "an impossibly ideal scheme especially for social improvement." Although ... ...

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... essay will identify, explore and outline the purpose of Faustus soliloquy. It will illustrate the effect it has and what kind of impression the audience obtains from his speech The Oxford English Dictionary defines soliloquy as a speech in which a person speaks his or her thoughts aloud without addressing anyone. From the opening soliloquy, the reader is given a detailed and great insight ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate