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  1. intertwine
    spin, wind, or twist together
    Second, certain academicians are branded politically correct for insisting that intellectual inquiry reflects, to some degree, the values and interests of the inquirer and that aesthetic judgments are always intertwined with moral and political one
  2. pluralistic
    of the doctrine that reality consists of basic substances
    First, political correctness is used to describe the goals of those advocating a more pluralistic, multicultural, race-, gender-, and class-sensitive curriculum.
  3. relegate
    assign to a lower position
    Rather, we suggest reexamining its history and acknowledging that some important texts and experiences have been relegated to the margins.
  4. curriculum
    an integrated course of academic studies
    First, political correctness is used to describe the goals of those advocating a more pluralistic, multicultural, race-, gender-, and class-sensitive curriculum.
  5. politically
    with regard to government
    But there are persons of good sense and good will who favor views sarcastically dismissed as "politically correct" by their opponents.
  6. misnomer
    an incorrect or unsuitable name
    The term "political correctness" is itself a misnomer, a straw man (straw person?).
  7. academician
    an educator who works at a college or university
    Second, certain academicians are branded politically correct for insisting that intellectual inquiry reflects, to some degree, the values and interests of the inquirer and that aesthetic judgments are always intertwined with moral and political ones.
  8. inquirer
    someone who asks a question
    Second, certain academicians are branded politically correct for insisting that intellectual inquiry reflects, to some degree, the values and interests of the inquirer and that aesthetic judgments are always intertwined with moral and political ones.
  9. contender
    the contestant you hope to defeat
    No one claims that new contenders for inclusion in the curriculum should be admitted solely to make it culturally or politically representative.
  10. criterion
    the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
    Instead educators and scholars should consider whether some seemingly universal criteria might have excluded differently worthy, differently excellent works.
  11. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
    First, political correctness is used to describe the goals of those advocating a more pluralistic, multicultural, race-, gender-, and class-sensitive curriculum.
  12. surrender
    relinquish possession or control over
  13. placement
    the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
  14. trial
    the act of testing something
  15. lead
    take somebody somewhere
Created on 五月 25, 2010 (updated 五月 26, 2010)

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