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| process of interaction between two cultures in which the culture that is dominant modifies the less dominant culture |
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| branch of philosophy that explores theories and ideas about art and beauty and its appreciation |
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| study of human cultures - their creations, institutions, group behaviors, languages, religions, and the like |
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| rule, influence, control by a noble or privileged class (usually based on ancestry) |
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1. Human effort to imitate, alter, add to, or otherwise represent "nature."
2. The conscious production or arrangement of sound, color, form, movement, language, or other elements in a manner that somehow affects the human sense of beauty
3. The production of beauty in "material" or "plastic" form. |
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| repetition of an initial word |
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| repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences |
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| understatement for emphasis (often sarcastic) |
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| an idea that is emphasized by the pretense that it is too obvious to discuss |
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| part used to represent the whole, or whole used to represent a part, or general to represent the special, or special to represent the general |
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| to indicate or suggest without explicit statements |
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| another associated meaning of a given word |
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| the fixed, agreed-upon meaning of a word |
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| the state or condition of judging something is worthless |
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| floccinaucinihilipilification |
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