non-conformity VOCABULARY

conformity

behaviour that follows the usual standards expected by society

“it's depressing how much conformity there is in such young children”

shrewd

astuto (a shrewd politician)

myriad

infinidad de algo (a myriad of choices)

to contravene

violar, infringir

misfit

inadapatado, inadaptado social

“I was a bit of a social misfit at college because I didn't like going out at night”

outcast

marginado (a social outcast)

“She has spent her life trying to help social outcasts”

castaway

smn who is left in a place where there are few or no other people, after their ship has sunk (naufrago)

crank

smn who has strange ideas and beliefs

reactionary

smn who is opposed to social change or new ideas

“reactionaries are preventing reforms”

outsider

smn who is not liked or accepted as a member of a group, and who feels different from those people accepted

“As a child he was an outsider, never participating in the games other children played.”

adherent

partidario de algo (an adherent of sth)

maladjusted

inadaptado, medio maleducado

“a residential school for maladjusted children”

dissident

smn who publicly disagrees with and criticizes their government (political dissidents)

seditious

intending to persuade other people to oppose their government

“the speech is considered seditious”

meek

humilde, modesto

“He was known for his meek spirit”

compliant

obediente (a compliant child)

to flock

ir en manada

“Hundreds of people flocked to the football match”

to bedeck

to decorate or cover

“the room was bedecked with flowers”

to confound

confundir a alguien al punto de no poder explicar qué pasó

confound sb by doing sth: a man has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officially declared dead

gauge

indicador (que jueguen mal es un indicador de su fracaso)

lopsided

desequilibrado (a lopsided victory) una victoria por mucha diferencia

surge (in)

a sudden and great increase

to amass

acumular

“She has amassed a huge fortune from her novels”

hard-wired

automatically thinking or behaving in a particular way

“all humans are hard-wired for language”

scapegoat

a person who is blamed for sth that sb else has done

“The captain was made a scapegoat for the team's failure”

to deride

ridiculizar

deride sb as sth: He derided my singing as pathetic

bashing

strong criticism

physical attack on sb: recent incidents of gay-bashing

to disdain

despreciar

to flaunt

alardear

“He's got a lot of money but he doesn't flaunt it”

haughtiness

arrogancia

ingrained

arraigado (deeply ingrained prejudices)

apartheid

segregación racial

“South Africa finally began to end apartheid”

to abrogate

derogar. anular. to end a law, agreement formally

entrenched

arraigado