152 definitions by Vanguard 1998
A major societal problem where individuals are no longer valued as people after they die and instead are valued by society and the government as property, financial resources, and or objects
An example of postmortem objectification is when grave robbery laws treat deceased people as property instead of people, which can be inferred from language used in the laws and whether the penalty for committing the crime is more similar to that area’s laws about abduction or theft.
by Vanguard 1998 February 21, 2022
1: An individual who witnesses a crime who does not speak up out of the fear that either their family or themselves may be attacked in retaliation for speaking up
2: An individual who reports a crime, who chooses to remain anonymous when doing so to avoid being identified and forced to testify about the crime
2: An individual who reports a crime, who chooses to remain anonymous when doing so to avoid being identified and forced to testify about the crime
by Vanguard 1998 March 18, 2021
Aka. A.C.S.P.; When an individual is only sexually attracted to people who don’t want and or have children
Luke is only sexually attracted people don't want to have kids. He has an anti-child sexual preference.
by Vanguard 1998 April 11, 2021
1: A political identity where an individual chooses not to support a particular political party. It is important to be careful not to confuse this with being apolitical.
2: A situation where an individual chooses not to take a stance on a political issue, or they decide to establish their own unique political view on that issue that is not being held by any major political party, for any reason. Some people believe this can be a source of privilege, but that depends on what they did, what the issue was, and why they did it.
2: A situation where an individual chooses not to take a stance on a political issue, or they decide to establish their own unique political view on that issue that is not being held by any major political party, for any reason. Some people believe this can be a source of privilege, but that depends on what they did, what the issue was, and why they did it.
Practicing political neutrality can allow an individual to have a wider array of options when attempting to address a variety of different issues; as well as ensure that needs and desires of the people are being handled adequately. (To help you understand the GIF I chose for this, imagine the ball is a certain political issue the government would like to address, the two dogs fighting over the ball are the mainstream political parties clashing over which of their solutions will best address the issue, the dog who backed away represents an individual who has chosen not take a stance on that issue, and the dog who stuck their head in between the two dogs heads represents an individual who has made their own unique view on that issue because they don't agree with the views held by either of the political parties fighting over the ball.)
by Vanguard 1998 May 27, 2021
Aka. C.I.S.P.; When an individual will have sex with someone, regardless of whether or not they are willing to refrain from having sex until they get married
Dan wants to hookup Penelope, regardless of whether she wants to have sex before marriage or wait until they get married. He has a chastity irrelevant sexual preference.
by Vanguard 1998 October 14, 2021
aka. P.C.R.P.; When an individual is only romantically attracted to people who support political parties whose beliefs fall on the same side of the political spectrum as the political party the individual support
Virginia identifies as being a supporter of the Republican party, she is willing to date other people, but only if the political party they support identifies as being a right-wing political party, like hers is. She has a politically consistent romantic preference.
by Vanguard 1998 April 4, 2021
A harsh reality that many people come to the United States in order to start over and live a better life by having freedom, social equality, better education, and money, but yet for most people who come to this country, this dream will be impossible to completely achieve until several generations later, assuming they have a family with children, because of limited resource access and education, poor understanding of the social norms that most people in America actually follow, and distrust of immigrants in some parts of the country.
Pema and her family moved to America from Nicaragua in the hopes of starting over and help her children live better lives than what they had in their homeland, but they found it was exceedingly difficult to live in the U.S. because of the differences of America’s social norms compared to Nicaragua’s social norms and difficulty getting a job and finding decent housing. They are experiencing the American dream paradox.
by Vanguard 1998 September 11, 2021