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Unit 20

Power and Politics

An Open Letter to Mary Daly

  

Glossary

 

alluding	mention indirectly, suggest, provide a hint	संकेत गर्दै
archetypal	very typical of a certain kind of person or thing, model, representative	पुरातात्विक, प्रतिनिधि
assaulted	a violent attack, physical or verbal attack	हिंसात्मक आक्रमण
Assimilation	an act of becoming part of something, integration into a group	आत्मसात
coincidences	happening by chance, something unplanned	संयोगहरू
defensiveness	to defend	रक्षात्मकता
divine	of or like a god or a god	ईश्वरीय
dysfunctional	not functioning, not performing as expected	निष्क्रिय
eventrations	thrusting forward of abdominal organs through the abdominal wall, abdominal surgery	घटनाक्रमहरू
fatality	unexpected death, casualty	अप्रत्याशित मृत्यु, हानि
foremothers	a female ancestor	अग्रजहरू
genital	relating to the human or animal reproductive organs	जननांग
ghettoized	segregated minority group, isolated person or group	पृथक अल्पसंख्यक समूह, पृथक व्यक्ति वा समूह
herstory	history viewed from a female or specifically feminist perspective	नारीवादी इतिहास
hysterectomies	removal of the uterus	गर्भाशय हटाउने
legitimize	to make legal	वैधानिकीकरण
lesbian	homosexual woman	समलिङ्गी महिला
mutilation	damage, destroy, ruin something by removing parts	विकृति
mystification	puzzle somebody, confusion	रहस्यीकरण
nurturance	affectionate care and attention	पोषण
obscured	make unclear, difficult to understand	अस्पष्ट
oppression	prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority	दमन
paranoid	characterized by or suffering from the mental condition of paranoia	पागल
patriarchy	men dominating social system	पितृसत्ता
provoking	causing mild anger, annoying, making somebody feel angry	उत्तेजक
racism	prejudice toward other race, view of considering one's race superior and other's inferior	जातिवाद
reluctance	unwillingness, lack of enthusiasm	अनिच्छा
repressive	preventing people from expressing their feelings, severely restrictive	दमनकारी
revelation	disclosure of new thing, make something known	प्रकटीकरण
rhetorical	figurative, metaphorical, symbolic, departing from a literal use of words	लाक्षणिक, रूपक, प्रतीकात्मक
sterilizations	destroy or remove microorganisms, make infertile	नसबंदी
testify	give evidence as a witness in a law court	गवाही दिने
trivialized	reduce importance or value of something	तुच्छ
victimization	treat unfairly, oppression, ill-treatment	पीडित