Year 9 - Vocabulary Animal Farm

Define tyranny

• misuse of power

• control.

• Ruling through fear and cruelty.

• Slavery

What is totalitarian?

• relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

• a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

• relating to a ruler who has absolute power.

• a form of government with a monarch at the head.

Define revolution.

• An uprising; the overthrowing of a government or social order by use of force.

• Transformation.

• Revenge.

• Interruption.

Define anthropomorphism.

• Worship god.

• Powerful government.

• The attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object.

• Personality.

Define corruption.

• Bribery.

• Dishonest and wrong behaviour and conduct by those in power.

• Integrity display by powerful people.

• wrongdoing.

Define oppression.

• Hardship.

• Freedom.

• Democratic system.

• prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority.

Define satire.

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• serious statement.

• The use of humour, exaggeration or ridicule to show people’s stupidity. Usually associated with politics.

• Direction.

Define elite.

• A select group that is superior (higher) in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society.

• the social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business people and their families.

• Lower-class people belong to the social class that has the lowest position in society and the least money.

• relating to the government or public affairs of a country.

Define rebellion.

• compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority.

• the ability to make decisions or to make good decisions, or the act of developing an opinion, esp. after careful thought:

• violent action organized by a group of people who are trying to change the political system in their country:

• the thoughts or beliefs that a group of people have:

Define dictator.

• a person who supports or believes in government by the people or their representatives

• someone who rules a country with complete power, has complete control over the armed forces, and destroys any political opposition

• someone or something that helps a person or thing be free:

• a leader who has complete power in a country and has not been elected by the people