Personal Dictionary
By: Tatiana Pinda
25 words per quarter ending with a poetry slam
Sociology (noun)
[soh-see-ol-uh-jee]
1. Where you found it: I found the word in the book, You
may ask yourself, “Sociology also tends more toward
comparative case study whereas anthropology is more like
the history in its focus on particular circumstances (36).”
1. Guess: i think its the study of socializing
1. Dictionary Definition: the science or study of the origin,
development, organization, and functioning of human
society; the science of the fundamental laws of social
relations, institutions,
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because it shows two
people interacting with one another and sociology is the
study of human society and the way we interact with one
another
Dubious (Adjective)
[doo-bee-uh s]
1. Where you found it: I found this word when I was reading the
article, Promoting Bad Statistic. I think it is important because its
describing how someone is questioning a true fact “Anyone who
questions a presumably true number must have dubious reasons for
doing so.” (27)
1. Guess: I think that the word has to do with being skeptical about
something
1. Dictionary Definition: doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt;
unquestionable
1. Visualization: I chose a person thinking and being questionable
which is the definition of dubious
Debunk (verb)
[ dee-bun-k]
1.
I found the word while reading the article, Promoting Bad
Statistics, “ the press debunked this statistic in 1985, but only
four years after missing children became a highly publicized issue.”
(22)
1.
I think this word might have to do with discrediting a source or
idea
1.
Dictionary Definition: To show that something (such as a belief or
theory) is not true : to show the falseness of (a story, idea,
statement,
1.
I chose this image because the word debunked means to show
something is not true. Poseidon is a greek mythological god and a
myth is a false belief or idea
Globalization (noun)
[gloh-buh-luh-zey-shuh n]
1. Where you found it: I found this word when i was reading
the article, Global Culture, “optimistic hyperglobalizers agree
with their pessimistic colleagues that cultural globalization
creates more sameness, but they consider this outcome to be a
good thing.” (54)
1. Guess: I am guessing that this word might have to do with
something relating to the world
1. Dictionary Definition: a process of interaction and
integration among the people, companies, and governments of
different nations
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because Globalization
is about interacting with people of different cultures or nations
and the visual shows people engaging with another around the
“globe”
homogenizing(verb)
[huh-moj-uh-nahyz, hoh-]
1. Where you found it: I found the word in the article, Global
Culture, “It is one thing to acknowledge the existence of powerful
homogenizing tendencies in the world, but it is quite another to
assert that the cultural diversity existing on our planet is to vanish.”
(54)
2. Guess: The greek root homo means same so i think homogenizing
has someone to do with being the same
1. Dictionary Definition: to make uniform or similar.
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because milk is uniform thats
what homogenizing
Secular (Adjective)
[sek-yuh-ler]
Include the following for each word.
1. Where you found it: I found the word in the book, You may ask
yourself, “Comte claimed that a secular basis for morality did
indeed exist- we could determine right and wrong without a reference
to higher powers
1. Guess: From its context, I think it has to do with being logical.
1. Dictionary Definition:not pertaining to or connected with religion
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because the word secular means
not connected or related to religion which the image shows religion
being x out
Epoch (noun)
[ep-uh-k]
1. Where you found it: I found this word while reading, You May Ask
Yourself, “In the current epoch, that fault line divided society into a
small number of capitalists and large number of workers whose
interests were opposed.” (24)
1. Guess: I’m guessing from the context and the previous sentences it
has something to do with historical time
1. Dictionary Definition: a period of time in history or a person's life,
typically one marked by notable events
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because a timeline usually a
representation of events that have occurred in history or a person’s
life
Paradigm (noun)
[par-uh-dahym]
1. Where you found it: I found the word while reading, You may
ask yourself, “If there was a theoretical paradigm that
undergirded much of the research of the Chicago School, it would
be the theory of the social self.” (26)
1. Guess: I think the word in the sentence means an example of
something
1. Dictionary Definition:a model or pattern for something that
may be copied
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because its an example of an
atom and the definition of a paradigm is a model of something
Precursor(noun)
[pri-kur-ser ]
1. Where you found it: I found this while reading, You
May Ask Yourself, “This was an important precursor
to the notion of the social construction of reality.” (27)
1. Guess: Well pre- means before so i think it has
something to do with coming before a thing
1. Dictionary Definition: Something that comes before
something else and that often leads to or influences its
development
1. Visualization: I chose this picture of ancestors
because it is something or someone that comes before
something else just like the precursor
Eschewed (verb)
[es-chOO-d]
1. Where you found it: I found this while reading, You May Ask
Yourself, “A strain of thought that developed in the 1960s was
symbolic interactionism, which eschewed big theories of society and
instead focused on how face-to-face interaction create...(31)”
1. Guess: I think the word means to stay away from something
1. Dictionary Definition: deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because the person is abstaining
from eating junk food and eshewed means to abstain from
Succinctly (Adjective)
[suh k-singkt-lee]
1. Where you found it: I found this while reading, You May Ask
Yourself, “postmodernism can perhaps be summarized succinctly as
the notion that these shared meaning have eroded (32).”
1. Guess: I think the word succinctly means shortly, since its talking
about summarizing something
1. Dictionary Definition: expressed in few words; concise; terse.
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because the dart its precisely in
the middle and succinctly means concise.
Deploy (verb)
[de-ploy]
1. Where you found it: I found this while reading, You May Ask
Yourself, “political scientists, deploy a variety of methods, ranging
from historical case studies to abstract statistical models. (37)”
1. Guess: I think the word has something to do with setting up
something
1. Dictionary Definition:to come into a position ready for use
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because it represents something
in position which is the definition of deploy
Flux (noun)
[fluhks]
1. Where you found it: I found this while reading, You May Ask
Yourself, “we should keep in my mind that disciplinary boundaries
are in a constant state of flux (37).”
1. Guess: i think it has to do with something constantly flucuating
1. Dictionary Definition: the state of constant change
1. Visualization: I chose this picture of because our lives our
constantly changing and we may have plans but they’re not set in
stone which is what flux is a state of constant change
Dichotomies (noun)
[di·chot·o·my]
1. Where you found it: I found this while reading, You May Ask
Yourself, “another split exists between theorists and empiricists.
These are false dichotomies, however, they merely act as shorthand
for deeper intellectual divisions for which they are poor proxies (38).”
1. Guess: Di means two and in its context i think it means to split
something
1. Dictionary Definition: a division or contrast between two things
that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
1. Visualization: I chose this picture of the brain because
dichotomies means a contrast between two things and the left and
right side have very different functions although its just one thing.
empirical (adjective)
[em·pir·i·cal]
1. Where you found it: I found this while reading, You
May Ask Yourself, “an inductive approach starts with
empirical observations observations and then works to
form a theory (45).”
1. Guess: something that has to do with observations
1. Dictionary Definition: based on, concerned with, or
verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory
or pure logic
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because empirical
means to verify something based on observation and the
image shows to guys testing an experience
Milieux
1. Where you found it: I found the word while reading, The
Sociological Imagination: the promise, “ their visions and their
powers are limited to the close-up scenes of job, family,
neighborhood. in other, milleux, they move vicariously and remain
spectators.”
1. Guess: i think the word means someones element
1. Dictionary Definition: a person's social environment.
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because it represents a person's
social environment which is what milleux means
Feudal (noun)
[fyood-l]
1. Where you found it: I found the word while reading, The
Sociological Imagination: the promise, “when a society is
industrialized, a peasant becomes a worker; a feudal lord is
liquidated or becomes a businessman. “
1. Guess: I’m guessing the word has something to do with the middle
ages
1. Dictionary Definition: absurdly outdated or old-fashioned.
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because feudal means outdated
or old fashioned which is what the image shows a man on a horse
with the middle ages attire
Ambivalent (Adjective)
[am-biv-uh-luh nt]
1. Where you found it: I found this word when I was reading the
article, Leaving Home for College by David Karp and I thought it was
important because the word was repeated about three to four times
throughout the whole article, “Young people are ambivalent
regarding independence; it is hard to break away” (60).
1. Guess: I would assume that from its context that it has to do with
being unsure about something.
1. Dictionary Definition: having mixed feelings about someone or
something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing)
courses
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because the face looks like its
feeling uneasy about something.
Emulate (Verb)
em-yuh-leyt
1. Where you found it: I found this word while reading, You May Ask
Yourself, “from the ideal woman to the ideal form of government to
the ideal citizen, which humanity ought to emulate.” (80)
1. Guess: within the context of the sentence, I believe it has to do with
coping someone or something
1. Dictionary Definition: to try to equal or excel; imitate
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because it shows a little girl
imitating the older girl and it coincides with the definition of emulate
which is to imitate.
Geocentric (adjective)
[jee-oh-sen-trik]
1. Where you found it: I found this while reading, You May
Ask Yourself, “In a geocentric universe, humans living on
earth stand at its center, and this idea corresponds to
Christian notions that humans are the lords of the earth (83).”
1. Guess: I think the words means earth center because the
word geo means earth, ic means pertaining to and center is
the middle
1. Dictionary Definition: having or representing the earth as
a center
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because it represents the
earth as the center which is what geocentric means
Anthropology (noun)
[an-thruh-pol-uh-jee]
1. Where you found it: I found this while reading, You May Ask
Yourself, “the field of anthropology is split between physical
anthropologists, and biologists but who study human relations
similarly to what sociologist do (35).”
1. Guess: i think the word means the study of man since the greek
root word of anthrop which comes from the word anthropos
meaning man and logy is study of.
1. Dictionary Definition: the science that deals with the origins,
physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and
social customs and beliefs of humankind.
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because it shows the evolution
of man and anthropology is the study of humankind
Manifestation
[man-uh-fuh-stey-shuhn]
1. Where you found it: I found this while reading, You May
Ask Yourself, “statistical analysis is the most typical
manifestation of this kind of research, but by no means the
only one (39).”
1. Guess: i think the word means a demonstration of something
1. Dictionary Definition: an event, action, or object that
clearly shows or embodies something, especially a theory or an
abstract idea
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because like the word
manifestation the image shows or embodies something like
art
Pervasiveness (Adjective)
[per-vey-siv-nes]
1. Where you found it: I found this while reading, You
May Ask Yourself, “the pervasiveness of such images is
harmful to women and girls in our society (66).”
1. Guess: i think the word in its context has to do with
popularity of such images
1. Dictionary Definition: spreading widely throughout an
area or a group of people.
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because in the reading
it talked about how girls see other people in the media and
how the pervasiveness (or popularity) of such images are
harmful to women in our society
Socialization (noun)
[soh-shuh-luh-zey-shuh n]
1. Where you found it: I found this while reading, You May Ask
Yourself, “we call this process by which you learn how to become a
functioning member of society socialization (117).”
1. Guess: i think it means learning to socialize with people
1. Dictionary Definition: a continuing process whereby an individual
acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior,
and social skills appropriate to his or her social position.
1. Visualization: I chose this picture because our family is the first
people that teach us about how we are to act in certain situation and
about values