In syə lər adjective 1. of or relating to an island or the formation of an island. 2. physically isolated; standing alone. an insular structure. 3. closed to new ideas; narrow-minded. Their…
Month: August 2016
cosmopolitan
kaz mə pa lih tən adjective 1. of, drawn from, or common to all the world or all the peoples of the world. Tehran was a cosmopolitan city before the revolution toppled…
hegemony
hə je mə ni predominance of one country or social group over others by virtue of leadership, influence, or ideology. Spain’s hegemony over most of Central and South America lasted into the nineteenth century.
sovereign
sav rən noun 1. a monarch or other royal ruler. Queen Victoria was England’s sovereign for most of the nineteenth century. 2. a gold coin worth one pound sterling, used before 1914…
privilege
prI və lihj noun 1. a right, immunity, benefit, or advantage belonging or granted exclusively to a person, group, social class, rank, or the like. His immigrant parents felt that being able…