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adoption: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"; a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

hyphenate collapse: divide or connect with a hyphen; "hyphenate these words and names"

preemption collapse: a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"; the right to purchase something in advance of others; the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property); the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject

citizen collapse: a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

usurpation collapse: wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"

circumcision collapse: the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males; the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite; (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st

mocking collapse: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell

salvation collapse: saving someone or something from harm of from an unpleasant situation; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern"; a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness; "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation"; the state of being saved or preserved from harm

acculturation collapse: the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure; all the knowledge and values shared by a society

nationalization collapse: changing something from private to state ownership or control; the action of rendering national in character; the action of forming or becoming a nation

plagiarism collapse: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own; a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

naturalization collapse: changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words"; the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous; the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship; the quality of being brought into conformity with nature

immigrant collapse: a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there

invasion collapse: the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder; (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; "the tumor's invasion of surrounding structures"; any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"

colonization collapse: the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"

national collapse: a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"; concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country; "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway system"; "national forests"; limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy"; owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks"; of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country; "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark"; of or relating to nationality; "national origin"; characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation; "a national trait"

appropriation collapse: a deliberate act of acquisition; money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

regeneration collapse: the activity of spiritual or physical renewal; (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs

conquest collapse: success in mastering something difficult; "the conquest of space"; the act of conquering

redemption collapse: the act of purchasing back something previously sold; (Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil; repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)

simulation collapse: the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training); (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"

pastiche collapse: a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work

reformation collapse: a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches; improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs

cosmopolitan collapse: a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries; of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"; composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks"; growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution"

prepossession collapse: the condition of being prepossessed; "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable"

requisition collapse: an official form on which a request in made; "first you have to fill out the requisition"; the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use; make a formal request for official services; demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service

admission collapse: the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic"; an acknowledgment of the truth of something

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