Social Issues & Human Rights

Inequality, rights, welfare, discrimination, and public concerns.

69 words

# Social Issues & Human Rights

**Type:** Topic
**Words:** 69

## About
Inequality, rights, welfare, discrimination, and public concerns.

## Words by Level

### A2
- freedom - The state of being free and able to do what you want.

### B1
- justice - Fair treatment of people, especially by the law.
- civil - Polite and reasonable, even when you disagree with someone.
- protest - A strong public expression of disagreement or disapproval.
- poverty - The state of being very poor and having little money.
- liberation - The act of setting someone or something free, or the state of being free.
- equality - The state of everyone being treated the same and having the same rights.
- minority - The smaller part of a group; less than half.
- disability - A physical or mental condition that limits what a person can do.
- oppression - The act of treating people cruelly and unfairly over a long time, or the state of being treated this way.
- discrimination - Unfair treatment of a person or group because of their race, sex, age, or other quality.

### B2
- privilege - A special right or advantage that only some people have.
- welfare - The health, happiness, and general well-being of a person or group.
- refugee - A person who has been forced to leave their country because of war, persecution, or disaster.
- racism - Unfair treatment of people because they belong to a particular race.
- infringement - An act of breaking a law, rule, or agreement.
- sexism - Unfair treatment of people, especially women, because of their sex.
- infringe - To break or violate a law, agreement, or someone's rights.
- human rights
- bigotry - intolerant prejudice against people because of their identity, beliefs, or membership in a group
- slum - a crowded urban area characterized by severely inadequate housing, poverty, and poor living conditions
- inalienable - unable to be surrendered, transferred, taken away, or denied, especially as a fundamental right
- objectify - to treat a person as an object rather than as a complete human being

### C1
- humanitarian - Concerned with reducing human suffering and improving people's lives.
- inequality - An unfair difference between groups of people, especially in wealth or opportunity.
- altruistic - Showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
- liberator - a person, group, or thing that frees someone from captivity, oppression, or another constraint
- alms - money, food, clothing, or other aid given to poor people as an act of charity

### C2
- mulatto - offensive and dated: a historical racial label for a person of mixed Black and white ancestry, especially someone with one Black and one white parent
- nigger - extremely offensive racial slur directed at a Black person; included for understanding historical texts, never as a neutral term
- Negro - dated and now generally offensive: a historical racial label for a Black person; retained in quotations and some historical institutional names
- workhouse - historically in Britain, an institution where poor people received lodging and food in return for compulsory labor
- freeborn - born free rather than into slavery or bondage
- pederasty - sexual relations between an adult man and an adolescent boy
- freedman - a man who has been released from slavery, especially when his legal status is distinguished from that of a freeborn person
- prostitution - the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for money or other payment
- eugenist - historical: an advocate or practitioner of eugenics, the discredited program of attempting to control human reproduction according to supposed hereditary quality
- stigmatize - to describe or treat a person or group as shameful, disgraceful, or socially unacceptable
- antisemitic - hostile, prejudiced, or discriminatory toward Jewish people
- squalor - a state of extreme dirtiness and unpleasant living conditions, often caused by neglect or poverty
- bondman - historical: an enslaved man held in personal bondage
- antisemite - a person who is prejudiced against, hostile toward, or discriminatory toward Jewish people
- enfranchise - to give a person or group the legal right to vote
- almshouse - a residence provided by a charity for poor, elderly, or disabled people, often in a historically endowed building
- disfranchise - to deprive a person or group of the right to vote or of another civil right
- harlotry - dated and disparaging: prostitution, or the practice of engaging in sex for payment
- poorhouse - historical: an institution maintained to house and support poor or homeless people, often under harsh conditions
- orphanage - a residential institution that houses and cares for children without parents or guardians
- abolitionist - historical: a person who campaigned to end slavery, especially in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Atlantic world
- maltreatment - cruel, violent, neglectful, or otherwise harmful treatment of a person or animal
- brothel - a building where prostitutes are available

### C2+
- tort - a wrongful act causing harm for which civil liability may arise
- humanitarianism - the practice or doctrine of promoting human welfare and reducing suffering
- penury - extreme poverty or destitution
- remonstration - a forceful protest or objection
- acquiesce - to accept or comply reluctantly without protest
- acquiescence - reluctant acceptance or passive agreement without protest
- activism - the practice of vigorous campaigning to bring about social or political change
- apartheid - a system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination
- inequation - a mathematical statement that two quantities are not equal; an inequality
- necessitous - lacking the means of subsistence; needy or poverty-stricken
- nonforfeiture - the retention of value or rights that would otherwise be forfeited
- permissive - allowing freedom of behavior; lenient or tolerant
- remonstratingly - in a manner expressing protest or earnest objection
- trammel - a restraint or hindrance; to restrict or impede freedom
- unequality - lack of equality; disparity
- woke - alert to social injustice and discrimination, or the past tense of wake
- unemancipable - incapable of being emancipated, freed, or released from control
- self-immolation - The act of setting oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.

A2 (1) Pro

B1 (10) Pro

B2 (12) Pro

C1 (5) Pro

C2 (23) Pro

C2+ (18) Pro

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