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agnostic        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/society/1999/aug/04/
guardiansocietysupplement5

Anthropocene age        USA

Humans have made an indelible mark

on the planet.

Since the mid-20th century,

we've accelerated the digging of mines,

construction of dams,

expansion of cities

and clearing of forests for agriculture

— activity that will be visible

in the geological record for eons to come.

Some scientists are calling it

the Anthropocene era,

or the age of the humans

("anthropos" is Greek for human),

and argue that geologists should recognize it

as a distinct chapter in Earth's history.

But after more than a decade

of investigation and debate,

that won't happen, at least for now.

In a contentious vote earlier this month,

a panel of geologists declined to designate

a new geologic epoch starting in 1952,

when the United States tested

its first thermonuclear bomb.

The 1950s, proponents contend,

marked an inflection point in humanity's impact on Earth,

as globalization, increased burning of fossil fuels

and the use of nuclear weapons left unmistakable signs

of our influence in the geologic record.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/03/29/
1241234103/anthropocene-era-photos-earth-human-scars-planet

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/03/29/
1241234103/anthropocene-era-photos-earth-human-scars-planet

archaeology        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/science/
archaeology

archaeologists        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/30/
stone-age-dartmoor-viewpoint-uncovered-by-archaeologists

catharsis        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jul/10/
the-catharsis-was-profound-
but-ill-never-watch-it-alicia-witt-on-facing-her-demons-on-film

demagogue        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/05/
nigel-farage-reform-rishi-sunak-tories

enigma        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/
science/james-webb-space-telescope-orion-nebula-jumbos.html

ephemera        USA

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/09/
1168334853/briana-loewinsohn-graphic-novel-ephemera-
a-love-letter-to-her-mother

hypothesis        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/27/
james-lovelock-creator-of-gaia-hypothesis-dies-on-103rd-birthday

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2022/jul/27/
james-lovelock-talks-about-his-gaia-hypothesis-and-climate-change-
in-2014-interview-video

octopus        USA

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/03/
not-so-alien-biologist-busts-myths-and-explores-enigma-of-the-octopus

tragedy        USA

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/22/
the-greek-shipwreck-was-a-horrific-tragedy-
yet-it-didnt-get-the-attention-of-the-titanic-story

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/24/
1101058753/uvalde-shooting-city-fast-facts

atmosphere        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/apr/30/
katie-taylorn-amanda-serrano

athlete        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/08/02/
1023724506/trans-weightlifter-laurel-hubbard-tokyo-olympics

apocalypse        UK / USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/31/
an-inconvenient-apocalypse-climate-crisis-book

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/07/
nuclear-apocalypse-was-postponed-in-1968-
now-its-back-on-the-agenda-hiroshima-npt

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/15/
west-coast-wildfires-drought-plague-apocalypse

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/
magazine/seed-vault-extinction-banks-arks-of-the-apocalypse.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/21/
archives/apocalypse-now-film-stuns-cannes.html

charisma        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/apr/07/
chiwetel-ejiofor-bond-villain

catastrophe        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/09/
austin-catastrophe-epicenter-again-pandemic

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/15/
greece-exit-final-international-bailout-debt-catastrophe

catastrophic        USA

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/
1027990749/haiti-earthquake-why-deadly-explainer

chaos        USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/30/
1139924914/twitters-chaos-could-make-political-violence-worse-
outside-of-the-u-s

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/15/
876474124/chaos-in-primary-elections-raises-fears-for-november

euthanasia        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/
opinion/pets-life-cats-dogs-guilt.html

genocide        USA

The world has grown far too familiar with genocide;

as mass killings have claimed countless lives,

the word has become ingrained into our vocabularies.

But the term didn't exist until 1943,

when Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin coined it

— pairing the Greek "genos," meaning race or family,

with the Latin "-cidere," for killing.

Lemkin,

who witnessed the massacres

of the early 20th century,

spent his life campaigning to make the world

acknowledge and prosecute the crime.

A new documentary, Watchers of the Sky,

tells his story.

Once he'd established the word,

Lemkin worked persistently

in the then-newly-formed United Nations,

hounding delegates to discuss his new word

and acknowledge the issue.

https://www.npr.org/2014/10/18/
356423580/the-man-who-coined-genocide-spent-his-life-trying-to-stop-it

hysteria        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/16/
vaccine-mandates-rightwing-hysteria-joe-biden

utopia        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/25/
dystopia-or-utopia-the-future-of-cities-could-go-either-way

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/22/
prospect-of-skelmersdale-magnetic-north-housing-new-towns

utopia        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/22/nyregion/at-stuyvesant-town-
a-childs-utopia.html

dystopia        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/25/
dystopia-or-utopia-the-future-of-cities-could-go-either-way

dystopian        USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/22/
1124150368/where-the-colorado-river-crisis-is-hitting-home

euphoria        USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/
1082288241/unlocking-the-sensory-overload-of-euphoria

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/10/
1071852125/hbo-euphoria-zendaya-review

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/03/
625635128/after-euphoria-
a-daunting-task-how-to-rescue-thai-boys-from-complex-cave-system

odyssey        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/nov/09/
remembrance-finding-our-lost-boys

odyssey        USA

https://www.npr.org/2015/08/07/
430221654/french-port-city-becomes-final-way-station-
for-some-migrants-odysseys

exodus        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/05/great-syrian-
refugee-crisis-exodus-epic-inconceivable-witness-lebos-islamic-state

exodus        USA

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/17/
1213836636/advertiser-exodus-grows-
as-elon-musks-x-struggles-to-calm-concerns-over-antisemi

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/04/
738724334/news-brief-trumps-july-4-speech-census-gaza-exodus

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/18/
1105655954/classroom-in-person-
burnout-teachers-school-shooting-zoom-student-depression

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/30/
503877850/photos-mass-exodus-from-aleppos-rebel-stronghold-
as-regime-forces-close-in

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/27/
475723019/she-told-her-husband-she-didnt-want-him-to-leave-for-europe

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/05/world/middleeast/
exodus-of-syrians-highlights-political-failure-of-the-west.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/world/middleeast/
number-of-syrian-refugees-hits-1-million-un-says.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Exodus_(Bob_Marley_and_the_Wailers_album)    1977

hubris        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/25/
we-will-coup-whoever-we-want-
the-unbearable-hubris-of-musk-and-the-billionaire-tech-bros

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jun/11/
jurassic-park-at-30-spielbergs-blockbuster-warning

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/17/
talibans-victory-afghanistan-laid-bare-western-hubris

hubris        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/
technology/cyber-hackers-usa.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/
books/curtis-sittenfeld-is-no-jane-austen-but-shes-ok-with-that.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/
upshot/the-edsel-a-high-tech-car-undone-by-technology.html

misanthrope        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/
arts/florence-king-writer-who-wielded-an-acerbic-wit-
dies-at-80.html

misogyny        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/mar/24/
men-what-can-you-do-to-help-fight-misogyny-podcast

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/07/
misogyny-society-abused-children-predatory

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/03/
how-to-stop-trolls-social-media

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/30/
casual-sexism-misogyny

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/sep/26/
jo-brand-standup-comedy-autobiography

misogynist        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/aug/19/
plymouth-attack-misogynist-incel-culture-podcast

misogynistic        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/
revealed-how-tiktok-bombards-young-men-with-misogynistic-videos-andrew-tate

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/
andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star

paradox        USA

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/
1028106402/8-paradoxes-that-sum-up-americas-20-year-mission-in-afghanistan

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/08/24/
491213713/study-of-breast-cancer-treatment-reveals-paradox-of-precision-medicine

plethora        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/apr/26/
royal-wedding-food-marketing

xenophobic        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/17/
ukip-xenophobic-not-racist-eric-pickles

nemesis        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/07/
mike-pence-2024-candidate-trump-analysis

Nemesis        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/video/business/100000005835657/
how-china-became-trumps-trade-nemesis.html - June 2018

schizophrenia        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/
health/schizophrenia-name-change.html

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