Glossary

theoretical; not applied or practical: abstract science

difficult to understand; abstruse: abstract speculations.

a college, school of higher learning, university

confict, a face to face meeting that may result in violence

 the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group ; also : the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life} shared by people in a place or time

 differing from one another, variety

relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background

liberty, independence,  the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action

the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.

influences

important, essential

tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.

one's ideas, views, interpetations on a certain subject

relating to, typical meaning of something