adj. characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment;
“their views of life were reductive and depreciabory” - R.H.Rovere
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1/11/2007
Reductive
12/6/2006
Somnambulist
- a person who engages in somnambulism (sleepwalking)
- a term used in hypnosis to indicate someone of high enough suggestibility to follow suggestions without the need for a formal trance
Popularity: 15%
6/23/2006
Hegemony
Hegemony is the dominance of one group over other groups, with or without the threat of force, to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; more broadly, cultural perspectives become skewed to favor the dominant group. Hegemony controls the ways that ideas become “naturalized” in a process that informs notions of common sense.
Popularity: 19%
6/5/2006
Agonist
An agonist is a substance that binds to a receptor and triggers a response in the cell. An agonist is the opposite of an antagonist in the sense that while an antagonist also binds to the receptor, the antagonist fails to activate the receptor and actually blocks it from activation by agonists.
Popularity: 17%
