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| − | |atheist | + | |[[Atheism|atheist]] |
| | |1571 | | |1571 |
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| − | |"Big Bang" | + | |"[[Big Bang theory|Big Bang]]" |
| | |1948 | | |1948 |
| | |term invented by the leading [[British]] physicist Sir [[Fred Hoyle]] to ''mock'' this suggestion of how the universe was formed | | |term invented by the leading [[British]] physicist Sir [[Fred Hoyle]] to ''mock'' this suggestion of how the universe was formed |
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| | |term indicates an individual human's effect on the environment by production of carbon dioxide | | |term indicates an individual human's effect on the environment by production of carbon dioxide |
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| − | |communism | + | |[[communism]] |
| | |1840 | | |1840 |
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| | |A term coined in the so-called [[enlightenment]] to disparage the period between the fall of the [[Roman Empire]] and c.1000, when the Christian faith, and its learning and culture, spread across Europe. | | |A term coined in the so-called [[enlightenment]] to disparage the period between the fall of the [[Roman Empire]] and c.1000, when the Christian faith, and its learning and culture, spread across Europe. |
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| − | |detente | + | |[[Détente|detente]] |
| | |1970s | | |1970s |
| | |A euphemism referring to pacifist policy re. the Soviet Union | | |A euphemism referring to pacifist policy re. the Soviet Union |
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| | |A term used to redefine socialist abridgment of rights as "just" | | |A term used to redefine socialist abridgment of rights as "just" |
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| − | |enlightenment | + | |[[enlightenment]] |
| | |1669 | | |1669 |
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| − | |environmentalism | + | |[[Environmentalist|environmentalism]] |
| | |1922 | | |1922 |
| | |a mixture of [[pseudoscience]] and neo-[[paganism]] used to justify the imposition of [[socialist]]ic controls. | | |a mixture of [[pseudoscience]] and neo-[[paganism]] used to justify the imposition of [[socialist]]ic controls. |
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| − | |fundamentalism | + | |[[fundamentalism]] |
| | |1922 | | |1922 |
| | |"a movement in 20th century Protestantism emphasizing the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to Christian life and teaching"<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fundamentalism</ref> From a series of pamphlets called "The Fundamentals" which outlined the movement. Perjorative usage started when the liberal [[Harry Emerson Fosdick]] began using the term in a straw man attack against [[Conservative Christianity]]. | | |"a movement in 20th century Protestantism emphasizing the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to Christian life and teaching"<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fundamentalism</ref> From a series of pamphlets called "The Fundamentals" which outlined the movement. Perjorative usage started when the liberal [[Harry Emerson Fosdick]] began using the term in a straw man attack against [[Conservative Christianity]]. |
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| − | |feminism | + | |[[feminism]] |
| | |1895 | | |1895 |
| | |notionally, "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes"; in reality, the attempt to destroy traditional family, societal and religious values by erasing or undermining natural gender differences. | | |notionally, "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes"; in reality, the attempt to destroy traditional family, societal and religious values by erasing or undermining natural gender differences. |