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Literacy — The ability to read and write, or to understand and use information effectively.

Propaganda — Information, often biased or misleading, used to influence people's opinions or beliefs.

Cultural defensiveness — Protecting or defending your own culture when you feel it is being criticized, threatened, or misunderstood.

Protectionism — Government policies that protect domestic businesses from foreign competition, often through tariffs or trade restrictions.

Misinformation — False or inaccurate information that is shared without the intention to deceive.

Disinformation — False or misleading information that is deliberately created or spread to deceive people.

Political defensiveness — Defending a political belief, party, leader, or position when it is challenged or criticized.

Yellow journalism — Sensationalized or exaggerated news reporting designed to attract attention rather than provide objective information.

Cuneiform — One of the earliest known systems of writing, developed in ancient Mesopotamia using wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay.

Ajami — A writing system that uses the Arabic script to write African languages that normally use another writing system.