non-conformity

conformity

behaviour that follows the usual standards expected by society

shrewd

having a clear understanding and good judgment of a situation (a shrewd politician)

to tackle (about)

to try to deal with sth/smn

myriad

a very large number of sth (a myriad of choices)

to contravene

to break a law or rule

misfit

smn who is not suited to a situation bc their behaviour is strange

outcast

smn who has no place in their society bc they refuse to accept them

castaway

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

crank

smn who has strange ideas and beliefs

reactionary

smn who is opposed to social change or new ideas

outsider

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

adherent

smn who strongly supports sth/sb (an adherent of sth)

maladjusted

inadaptado

dissident

smn who publicly disagress with and criticized their government

seditious

intending to persuade other people to oppose their government (the speech is considered seditious)

meek

quiet, gentle, and not willing to argue or express your opinions in a forceful way

compliant

complaciente

to flock

to come together in large numbers

to bedeck

to decorate or cover

to confound

confundir a alguien al punto de no poder explicar qué pasó

gauge

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

lopsided

one side bigger, higher than the other (the desk was lopsided)

surge (in)

a sudden and great increase

to amass

to get a large amount of sth, money or info, by collecting it over a long period

hard-wired

automatically thinking or behaving in a particular way (to be hard-wired for language)

scapegoating

the act of blaming a person for sth bad that has happened (the scapegoating of immigrants for the economic problems)

to deride

to laugh at or show no respect for sth

bashing

strong criticism of a particular type of person/thing

disdain

the feeling of not liking smn and thinking that they do not deserve your interest or respect

to flaunt

alardear

haughtiness

arrogancia

ingrained

of beliefs. so firmly held that they are not likely to change (ingrained prejudices)

apartheid

segregación racial

to abrogate

to end a law, agreement formally

constraint

algo que te controla y limita (the constraints of politeness)

entrenched

(of ideas) so fixed that they cannot be changed