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|[[hippie]]
 
|[[hippie]]
 
|1965
 
|1965
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|a member of the original 1960s counterculture, which rejects traditional morality and encourages smoking [[marijuana]] or [[LSD]] as well as feminine hairstyles on men and masculine hairstyles on women rather than working hard; this term became increasingly pejorative over time
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|a member of the original 1960s counterculture, which rejects traditional morality, encourages smoking [[marijuana]] and [[LSD]], promotes feminine hairstyles on men and masculine hairstyles on women, encourages limitless extramarital sex, and shuns hard work; this term became increasingly pejorative over time
 
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|hissy fit
 
|hissy fit
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|hoax
 
|hoax
 
|1796
 
|1796
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|to deceive the public into believing something that is false, often to pull people away from the [[Bible]].
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|to deceive the public into believing something that is false, often to pull people away from the [[Christianity]] and the [[Bible]].
 
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|Hobson's choice
 
|Hobson's choice
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|illiteracy
 
|illiteracy
 
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|1660
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|liberals seek to produce illiterate voters who lack independence, and many graduates of the [[public schools]] are illiterate today
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|a lack of reading comprehension or writing ability, which often results in lack of free will; liberals seek to produce illiterate voters who lack independence, and many graduates of the [[public schools]] are illiterate today
 
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|inalienable
 
|inalienable
 
|1640s
 
|1640s
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|cannot be taken away, especially by government, as in "unalienable rights" in the [[Declaration of Independence]]
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|describes something cannot be taken away, especially by government, as in "inalienable rights" in the [[Declaration of Independence]]
 
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|inattentive
 
|inattentive
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|incentivize
 
|incentivize
 
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|1970
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|create a reward to encourage good work
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|to create a reward to encourage good work
 
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|incidental inequality
 
|incidental inequality
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|incoherent
 
|incoherent
 
|1626
 
|1626
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|the term often applies to liberal [[double standard]]s
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|not consistently making sense; the term often applies to liberal [[double standard]]s
 
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|incompleteness
 
|incompleteness
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|indecisive
 
|indecisive
 
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|1726
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|can result from a lack of [[faith]] and determination
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|being unable to make a decision; can result from a lack of [[faith]] and determination
 
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|[[independence]]
 
|[[independence]]
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|[[individualism]]
 
|[[individualism]]
 
|1827
 
|1827
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|values, rights and duties arise from the individual
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|the idea that values, rights and duties arise from the individual
 
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|[[inerrancy]]
 
|[[inerrancy]]
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|intellectual property
 
|intellectual property
 
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|1845
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|"we [should] protect intellectual property, the labors of the mind, productions and interests as much a man's own, and as much the fruit of his honest industry, as the wheat he cultivates, or the flocks he rears."  ''Davoll v. Brown'', 7 F. Cas. 197 (Cir. Ct. Mass. 1845) (Woodbury, federal judge).
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|denotes an intangible work that rightfully belongs to its creator, e.g. "we [should] protect intellectual property, the labors of the mind, productions and interests as much a man's own, and as much the fruit of his honest industry, as the wheat he cultivates, or the flocks he rears."  ''Davoll v. Brown'', 7 F. Cas. 197 (Cir. Ct. Mass. 1845) (Woodbury, federal judge).
 
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|[[intelligent design]]
 
|[[intelligent design]]
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