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Whiteness
merriam-webster.com

1: the quality or state of being white: as

a : white color

b : pallor, paleness

c : freedom from stain : cleanness

 

Marginalized

Merriam-webster.com

: to relegate to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or group 

 

Heterotypical

Dictionary.com

Of or pertaining to the first of redictional division in meiosis.

 

 

Response:

I knew what most of these words meant before looking them up. When I thought of the word white I thought of the color and then thought of white people. When I thought of marginalized I thought of the same definition as Merriam-webster gave; being lowered to powerless position within a group. I didn't know the definition of heterotypical, so I had to look up the definition. I looked at a few other websites for definitions and saw that some websites had different websites than others. I used the Merriam-Webster website and dictionary.com. These two websites were very accurate and are a reliable source.

Works Cited:

 

"Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 26 

 

Nov. 2012. <http://dictionary.reference.com/>.

 

"Merriam Webster." Merriam-webster.com. Merriam-Webster, Incorporate, n.d. Web.
     

26 Nov. 2012. <http://www.merriam-webster.com/>. 

 

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