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Advanced Words Needed for TOEFL - Social Problems
Here you will learn some English words about social problems, such as "persecution", "illegal", "unrest", etc. that are needed for the TOEFL exam.
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discrimination
[noun]
the practice of treating a person or different categories of people less fairly than others
persecution
[noun]
an act of cruelty and unfairness toward someone because of their race, religion, or political views
affirmative action
[noun]
the policy or practice of favoring people that belong to groups known to have been discriminated against formerly, especially by giving them jobs
to marginalize
[verb]
to treat a person, group, or concept as insignificant or of secondary or minor importance
class struggle
[noun]
the conflict of interests between different social classes in a society, as mentioned in Marxist ideology
deportation
[noun]
the act of forcing someone out of a country, usually because they do not have the legal right to stay there or because they have broken the law
political asylum
[noun]
the protection that a country grants to someone who has fled their home country because of political reasons
asylum seeker
[noun]
someone who seeks refuge in another country and wants to live in that country, often because they are in danger
immigration
[noun]
the fact or process of coming to another country to permanently live there; the number of those who do so
emigration
[noun]
the act of permanently leaving one's own country to go and live in another
naturalization
[noun]
the act or process of granting a foreigner the citizenship of a country
bigotry
[noun]
the fact of having or expressing strong, irrational views and disliking other people with different views or a different way of life
intolerance
[noun]
the state of being reluctant to accept ideas, thoughts, or behaviors that differ from one's own
disadvantaged
[adjective]
(of a person or area) under adverse circumstances, especially financially or socially
unrest
[noun]
a political situation in which there is anger among the people and protests are likely
modern slavery
[noun]
a modern form of slavery that involves using threats or violence to force people to work and preventing them from escaping
malnutrition
[noun]
a condition in which a person does not have enough food or good food to eat in order to stay healthy
passive smoking
[noun]
the act of inhaling smoke from another person's cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, especially involuntarily
hard drug
[noun]
a powerful, addictive, and illegal drug that some people take for pleasure
soft drug
[noun]
a recreational drug that is not considered very harmful and gives some people a sense of pleasure
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