Defenetions
1. Affluence = wealth.
Abu Dhabi is an example of an affluent society.
The opposite of affluence is poverty.
2. Ethnicity = culture, origin, background, traditions, way of life, customs.
The ethnic diversity in the UAE is abundant.
3. Ability = power, faculty, capacity, capability, facility.
Example: God blessed all human beings with the ability to think.
4. Diversity = variety, assortment, multiplicity, range, mixture.
Cultural diversity is a big part of metropolitan cities.
5. Assimilation = absorption, incorporation, digestion, ingestion, inculcation.
It’s easier for children to assimilate information than adults can.
6. Demographics = study of population.
Population demographics in the UAE are changing as people have started moving to rural areas as opposed to the big cities.
7. religion = beliefs and worship.
Religion is a spiritual belief in a higher being than yourself.
8. race = ethnic group, nation, tribe.
Race differs across different regions in the world.
9. multiculturalism = variety of cultures.
Multiculturalism can be seen throughout the world now as the ability to relocate abroad has become cheaper than it was a decade ago.
10. personality = characteristics making somebody appealing.
A person's personality defines their behavior in society.
11. prejudice = bias.
Negative prejudice surrounds the middle east and central asia since the terrorist attack on 9/11.
12. Acculturation = the mixing of different cultures.
It means different cultures borrowing from each other.
13. Bias = prejudice.
Political bias has been a feature of the mass media since its birth with the invention of the printing press.
14. Discrimination = treating people differently through prejudice.
Martin lutherking and Malcom X fought discrimination in the USA against African Americans.
15. Fringe = any border or edging.
Hippies and anti-Vietnam War protesters were a group of people who lived on the fringe of society in the 1960s.
16. Population = the number of people.
Population worldwide is increasing daily.
17.Stereotyping = to categorize individuals or groups according to an oversimplified standardized image or idea.
An example of stereotyping that Westerners had an image that all Muslims are terrorists.
18. Gender = sex.
There are two genders, male and female.
19. Resistance = against something.
Dictators show resistance against democracy.
20. Advantage = having the upper hand at something.
Having a good poker face is always an advantage in confusing others.
21. Racism = being against anything different from yourself such as; skin color, ethnicity or religion.
There is a lot of racism against Muslims nowadays.
22.Ethics = knowing the difference between what is acceptable and what is not.
An example if ethical behavior is acting in an environmentally friendly way.
23. Productivity = being efficient in producing something.
People’s productivity is highest before lunch time.
24. Behaviour = the way a person behaves with others.
An adult’s behavior is based on how they were raised as children.
25. Belief = Blind trust in something.
Religion is a belief in a higher being than yourself.
26. Majority = a way of saying something is more than 50%.
Majority of voters elected Obama as the president of the United States.
27. Income = the money that a person makes in a Specific Period.
The monthly income differs from one to another.
28. Adverse = bad, harmful.
We didn't travel to Egypt this year because of the adverse political conditions they have.
29. Values = beliefs.
I value my religion very highly.
30. Traditions = habits could act that shows the place someone was raised in.
Camel racing is considered one of the biggest UAE’s traditions.
31. Generation = people born in a certain era or time period.
Baby boomers is a generation born after world war II and were raised up to the year of 1964.
32. Sensitivity = is being emotional and more aware of others feelings.
She’s sensitive when it comes to blonde jokes about her “blonde” hair.
33. Slang = informal version of a language.
‘Wassup bro”.
34. Ethnocentrism = its perspective from your own background.
Pakistan and India are very ethnocentric about each other’s culture although they are very similar.
35. Stratification = a firm division between sects.
The state laws in the US are severely stratified between different states in the country.
36. Socio-cultural = relating to society & culture.
Picasso's socio-cultural perspective was anti-war.
37. Resident = the place that a person lives in.
Getting a UAE resident visa has been hard for Egyptians recently.
38. Poverty = being poor to the point that won’t have money to buy or get food.
Somaliland has been struggling with poverty for a long period.
39. Nationality = the status of belonging to a particular nation by origin, birth, or naturalization.
It’s easier to change nationality nowadays than it was 60 years ago.
40. Minority = it’s the qualitative way to say less than 50% .
Minority is the opposite of majority.
41. Class = group.
Taxes are based on different classes of society’s income (USA).
42. Globalization = when barriers between countries are fading .
Pizza has become an international dish.
43. Virtual = thing that you cannot physically touch or feel.
Dreams are virtual.
44. Barriers = limits, boundaries.
There are very limited barriers to set up a business in the UAE.
