polarizing
English translation: isolating / creating tension and devisiveness
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| 18:50 Sep 24, 2011 |
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|  Selected response from: Jenni Lukac (X) Local time: 15:31 | ||||||
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| 4 +4 | isolating / creating tension and devisiveness |
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peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4isolating / creating tension and devisiveness Explanation: If minorities are seen as having more power, this may breed resentment and conflict between groups (my understanding). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2011-09-24 19:14:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- When I note power, I also imply benefits, jobs, services, etc. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 42 mins (2011-09-24 19:32:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In answer to your note, I'd say alienating them in an extreme manner. The government knows that if such statistics are made public, one group will feel very alienated from another- as though they lived in different worlds or had radically different status and rights in the society. This is any interesting subject. I am working on a translation of a document about the formation of the European Union that states that in the beginning of the process of European convergence, European leaders provided very little public information about what they were doing out of fear that citizens in different European countries would be radically against the union if they knew too much (that's to say that the pro-union and anti-union forces would be polarized). They thought that by not publishing information that could provoke a public debate, it would be easier to proceed ahead with the formation of the institutional entities of the proposed union. I don't know if this is a good enough example, but there are still strong feelings that some EU member states are winners or losers in this new framework, that some are carrying all the weight and that others are reaping all the benefits. If civil order is the highest priority, governments don't want to compare the positions and privileges of the different groups that make up the population. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2011-09-24 21:27:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Hi Nadia. You have it exactly. This happens with a few Spanish and English words too! Have a good weekend. |
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