Vocabulary: Understanding Concepts

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"Meeting once again"
Vocab: 10/1

• Aesthetics: a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art. Also the branch of philosophy that deals with the principles of beauty and artistic taste
• Abstraction: freedom from representational qualities in art
• Aphorism: a concise statement of a scientific principle, typically by an ancient classical author
• Axiom: a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true

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"Learning is an act of Courage"
10/2

• Goal: the result of achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end
• Possibility: a thing that may happen or be the case
• Courage: the ability to do something that frightens one
• Re: a prefix used with the meaning “again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition
• Mantra: a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation
• Learning: the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by being taught
• Create: bringing into existence or a cause of something to happen as a result of one’s actions
• Structure: the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex
• Dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different
• Symbol: a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process; a thing that represents or stands for something else
• Juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effects
• Compare: the represent as similar; to view in relation to
• Contrast: compare or appraise in respect to differences

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Meeting once again vocab
9/23

• Aesthetics: a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art. Also the branch of philosophy that deals with the principles of beauty and artistic taste
• Abstraction: freedom from representational qualities in art
• Aphorism: a concise statement of a scientific principle, typically by an ancient classical author
• Axiom: a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true

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Learning is an act of courage vocab
10/2/19

• Goal: the result of achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end
• Possibility: a thing that may happen or be the case
• Courage: the ability to do something that frightens one
• Re: a prefix used with the meaning “again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition
• Mantra: a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation
• Learning: the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by being taught
• Create: bringing into existence or a cause of something to happen as a result of one’s actions
• Structure: the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex
• Dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different
• Symbol: a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process; a thing that represents or stands for something else
• Juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effects
• Compare: the represent as similar; to view in relation to
• Contrast: compare or appraise in respect to differences

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Soft power vocab
10/3/19

• Ante-narrative: the proves by which retrospective narrative is linked to living story
• Pre: previous to; before
• Individual: single; separate
• See: to perceive by the eye

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Assemblages Vocab
10/4/19

• Reassembling: gather/put together again
• Material: the matter from which a thing is or can be made
• Process: a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end
• Association: a group of people organized for a joint purpose
• Create: bring into existence
• Construct: build something like a building or machine

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Creating and constructing knowledge content Vocab
10/5/19

• Generative: relating to or capable of production or reproduction
• Formation: the action of forming or process of being formed
• Nascent: coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential
• Transmission: the action or process of transmitting something or the state of being transmitted
• Construction: the building of something, typically a large structure
• Remember: have in or be able to bring to one’s mind an awareness of someone or something that one has seen or experienced in the past
• Forget: fail to remember
• Know: be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information
• Knowledge: facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education
• Content: in a state of peaceful happiness
• Create: bring into existence

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Sharing the world: reading our social meeting reflections Vocab
10/7/19

• Affirmation: the action or process of affirming something or being

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Further Reflection on your social meeting papers vocab
10/7/19

• Thought: an idea or opinion produced by thinking, or occurring suddenly in the mind
• Insight: the capacity to gain an accurate understanding of a person or a thing
• Understanding: the ability to understand something; comprehension
• Intuition: the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning
• Grasp: seize and hold firmly
• Feeling: an emotional state or reason
• Empathy: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another
• Sensibility: the ability to appreciate and respond to complex emotional or aesthetic influences
• Expression: the process of making known one’s thoughts or feelings

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Idealizations Vocab
10/9/29

• Ideal: satisfying one’s conception of what is perfect; most suitable
• Idealization: the action of regarding or representing something as perfect or better than in reality
• Plural: denoting more than one of a word
• Depiction: the action or result of depicting something, especially in art
• Interpret: explain the meaning of information, words, or actions

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Society of consumers Vocab
10/10/19

• Vignette: a brief evocative description, account, or episode
• Episode: an event or a group of events occurring as part of a larger sequence
• Event: a planned public or social event
• Voice: a particular opinion or attitude expressed
• Create: bring into existence
• Possibility: a thing that may happen or be the case

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Living mindfully in cyber culture Vocab
10/10/19

• Literacy: the ability to read or write
• Know-how: practical knowledge or skill; expertise
• Deploy: move into position for military action
• Attention: notice taken of someone or something
• Participation: the action of taking park in something
• Collaboration: the action of working with someone to produce or create something
• Network: an arrangement of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines