13 Flashcards

(41 cards)

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diaspora

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people living outside their original homeland

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brain drain

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skilled people leaving their country to work elsewhere

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claustrophobic

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feeling trapped or restricted

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stifling

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preventing freedom or cretaivity

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repressive

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strictly controlling people’s freedom.

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Constricting

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limiting movement or freedom

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totalitarian

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governamnet with total control over citizens

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invasive

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intruding (wtrącanie się) into privite life

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suffocating

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extremely restrictive

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Airless

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lacking freedom or openness

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panoptic

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constant surveillance (nadzór) or observation

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orwellian

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extreme governamnet control and survellance (nadzór)

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watchful

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closely observing others

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sinister

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suggesting evil or danger

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menacinge

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threatening harm

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paranoid

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excessively suspicious or fearful

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hyper-vigilant

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exremely alert to danger

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insidious

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gradually harmful in subtle way

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bleak

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cold, empty and hopeless

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desolate

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empty and abandoned

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alienating

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making someone feel isolated

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dehumanising

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treating people as less than human

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nihilistic

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belief that life has no meaning

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oppressive

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harsh and unfair control

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despairinge
showing deep hoplessness
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anxiety-ridden
full of worry
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dilapidated
in very poor condition
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grim
dark and depressing
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squalid
extremely dirty and unpleasant
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decayingt
slowly deteriorating
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monohromatic
one colour or shades of one colour
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austere
very plain and simple
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bleached
made pale or colourless
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industrial
related to factories or machinery
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dogmatic
presenting opinions as unquestionable
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propagandistic
spreading biased information to influence people
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conformist
following norms without questioning them
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authoritarian
enforcing strict obedience to authority
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manipulative
controlling people unfairly
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revisionist
reinterpreting history, often politically
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indoctrinated
taught to accept beliefs without questioning