# Social Issues & Human Rights

**Type:** Topic
**Words:** 71

## 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.; frequency rank 1480

### B1
- justice — Fair treatment of people, especially by the law.; frequency rank 1380
- civil — Polite and reasonable, even when you disagree with someone.; frequency rank 2859
- protest — A strong public expression of disagreement or disapproval.; frequency rank 4679
- poverty — The state of being very poor and having little money.; frequency rank 5755
- liberation — The act of setting someone or something free, or the state of being free.; frequency rank 9308
- equality — The state of everyone being treated the same and having the same rights.; frequency rank 11047
- minority — The smaller part of a group; less than half.; frequency rank 11337
- disability — A physical or mental condition that limits what a person can do.; frequency rank 13646
- oppression — The act of treating people cruelly and unfairly over a long time, or the state of being treated this way.; frequency rank 14050
- discrimination — Unfair treatment of a person or group because of their race, sex, age, or other quality.; frequency rank 14618

### B2
- privilege — A special right or advantage that only some people have.; frequency rank 5170
- welfare — The health, happiness, and general well-being of a person or group.; frequency rank 5913
- refugee — A person who has been forced to leave their country because of war, persecution, or disaster.; frequency rank 10694
- racism — Unfair treatment of people because they belong to a particular race.; frequency rank 13448
- slum — a crowded urban area characterized by severely inadequate housing, poverty, and poor living conditions; frequency rank 15996
- bigotry — intolerant prejudice against people because of their identity, beliefs, or membership in a group; frequency rank 32484
- infringement — An act of breaking a law, rule, or agreement.; frequency rank 33257
- sexism — Unfair treatment of people, especially women, because of their sex.; frequency rank 36337
- inalienable — unable to be surrendered, transferred, taken away, or denied, especially as a fundamental right; frequency rank 48938
- objectify — to treat a person as an object rather than as a complete human being; frequency rank 56993
- infringe — To break or violate a law, agreement, or someone's rights.; frequency rank 60304
- human rights

### C1
- humanitarian — Concerned with reducing human suffering and improving people's lives.; frequency rank 14502
- alms — money, food, clothing, or other aid given to poor people as an act of charity; frequency rank 18021
- liberator — a person, group, or thing that frees someone from captivity, oppression, or another constraint; frequency rank 25767
- inequality — An unfair difference between groups of people, especially in wealth or opportunity.; frequency rank 28883
- altruistic — Showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others.; frequency rank 37259

### C2
- nigger — extremely offensive racial slur directed at a Black person; included for understanding historical texts, never as a neutral term; frequency rank 5344
- orphanage — a residential institution that houses and cares for children without parents or guardians; frequency rank 6558
- Negro — dated and now generally offensive: a historical racial label for a Black person; retained in quotations and some historical institutional names; frequency rank 8375
- brothel — a building where prostitutes are available; frequency rank 8459
- prostitution — the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for money or other payment; frequency rank 8961
- workhouse — historically in Britain, an institution where poor people received lodging and food in return for compulsory labor; frequency rank 30307
- squalor — a state of extreme dirtiness and unpleasant living conditions, often caused by neglect or poverty; frequency rank 31077
- freedman — a man who has been released from slavery, especially when his legal status is distinguished from that of a freeborn person; frequency rank 33306
- 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; frequency rank 38170
- poorhouse — historical: an institution maintained to house and support poor or homeless people, often under harsh conditions; frequency rank 45902
- abolitionist — historical: a person who campaigned to end slavery, especially in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Atlantic world; frequency rank 53052
- freeborn — born free rather than into slavery or bondage; frequency rank 75521
- maltreatment — cruel, violent, neglectful, or otherwise harmful treatment of a person or animal; frequency rank 97410
- stigmatize — to describe or treat a person or group as shameful, disgraceful, or socially unacceptable; frequency rank 118270
- almshouse — a residence provided by a charity for poor, elderly, or disabled people, often in a historically endowed building; frequency rank 121382
- harlotry — dated and disparaging: prostitution, or the practice of engaging in sex for payment; frequency rank 135688
- pederasty — sexual relations between an adult man and an adolescent boy; frequency rank 155114
- enfranchise — to give a person or group the legal right to vote; frequency rank 174945
- bondman — historical: an enslaved man held in personal bondage; frequency rank 183718
- antisemitic — hostile, prejudiced, or discriminatory toward Jewish people; frequency rank 223224
- antisemite — a person who is prejudiced against, hostile toward, or discriminatory toward Jewish people; frequency rank 430391
- eugenist — historical: an advocate or practitioner of eugenics, the discredited program of attempting to control human reproduction according to supposed hereditary quality
- disfranchise — to deprive a person or group of the right to vote or of another civil right
- disenfranchise — to take away someone's right to vote or another legal privilege
- disenfranchisement — the removal or denial of a person's or group's right to vote

### C2+
- self-immolation — The act of setting oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.; frequency rank 105352
- 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