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native American — native American, adj. a person born in the United States. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Aboriginal American, or First Nation… … Universalium
Native Americans in children's literature — Native Americans have been featured in numerous volumes of children s literature. Some have been authored by non indigenous writers, while others have been written or contributed to by native authors. Contents 1 Children’s literature about… … Wikipedia
Native American — Indian (def. 1). Usage. See Indian, Eskimo. * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Aboriginal A … Universalium
Native American art — ▪ visual arts Introduction also called Indian art or American Indian art the visual art of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Americas, often called American Indians. For a further discussion of the visual art of the Americas produced in … Universalium
Native Soil Painting — (Xiangtu ziranzhuyi huihua) Native Soil Painting is an artistic current that emerged in the early 1980s and focused on the depiction of the countryside and national ethnic minorities. It was initiated by young artists, who had been ‘sent down’ to … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Non-native pronunciations of English — result from the common linguistic phenomenon in which non native users of any language tend to carry the intonation, phonological processes and pronunciation rules from their mother tongue into their English speech. They may also create… … Wikipedia
Necessity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Necessity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 involuntariness involuntariness Sgm: N 1 instinct instinct blind impulse Sgm: N 1 inborn proclivity inborn proclivity innate proclivity Sgm: N 1 native tendency native tendency… … English dictionary for students
instinct — I noun affinity, appetitus, aptitude, aptness, automatic reaction, bent, fitness, inborn proclivity, inclination, innate inclination, innate proclivity, intuition, involuntariness, native tendency, natural sense, natural tendency, predisposition … Law dictionary
Society — • Implies fellowship, company, and has always been conceived as signifying a human relation Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Society Society … Catholic encyclopedia
spontaneous — adjective Etymology: Late Latin spontaneus, from Latin sponte of one s free will, voluntarily Date: 1653 1. proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint 2. arising from a momentary impulse 3. controlled and… … New Collegiate Dictionary
