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I found a Dictionary definition for civility at Merriam- Webster stating civility means polite, reasonable, and respectful behavior. How I think of civility means the same as Merriam-Webster but it’s also much more than being polite, reasonable, and respectful behavior it’s understanding people’s feelings showing them respect and understanding listening to someone that’s having bad day just to be there for them. Some rules I live by are in our household we are say positive and nice things to each

The Merriam-Webster definition of cosmogony is: "a theory of the origin of the universe." Now this seems simple. As long as there have been humans on Earth we have looked back to find some meaning to our existence. The simple fact is that we are a forever-curious species, and we are driven by a need to understand the world around us. However, for most of our history, we have lacked the means of observing enough of space to truly understand our origins, so we created gods to explain things we couldn't

On Tolerance Tolerance, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is willingness to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own. Tolerance is something one must work at to maintain for acceptance of others is not inherent to human nature or at least it does not seem to be, for the most part. It is, however, human nature to see anyone unfamiliar and different as “other”. Due to human nature, I am rarely, if ever, surprised by some of the remarks I come across in my daily life, especially

to achieve success require rigorous hard work, sacrifices, strong motivation and a wild interpretation of success. Success is an interesting word to all of us, from the earliest age even to the grave’s edge we cannot be indifferent to it. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines success as the fact of getting or achieving wealth (“Success”). However, an

Dangers of Apathy Merriam-Webster defines the word apathy as a lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or concern. The FY16 Chief Petty Officer Selects, however, feel that there is more to this word. Pure apathy is the personal choice of removing any and all shred of interest or concern to a particular person, place, or thing. This individual choice can be depicted in a variety of ways. One of these ways is doing just enough to get by, or flying under the RADAR, as some may put it. This type of

a political or social context; the first definition of hegemony (of which hegemonic is a derivative) in the Merriam Webster Dictionary (2017) is preponderant influence or authority over others. Normality (normalcy is the North American equivalent) is defined by the Oxford Dictionary (2017) as the condition of being normal; the state of being usual, typical, or expected. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2017) defines normalcy as the state or fact of being normal. Taking these definitions into account

achieving success requires rigorous hard work, sacrifices, strong motivation, and a wild interpretation of success. Success is an interesting word to all of us; from the earliest age, even to the grave’s edge, we cannot be indifferent to it. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines success as the fact of getting or achieving wealth (“Success”). However, an unknown

their lives because of the “BlackBerry movie”. There is not much to find on the “BlackBerry movie” that she was referring to. However, from its context, it is depicted as the life that people want to have, while using the device. According to Merriam-Webster to alienate is “to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed”. In this matter, Turkle is stating that the life that we were formerly attached to is now replaced with this the attachment to the technology

operations. Mattel is one of the multinational organization that produced toys ("Mattel Inc. - About Us", 2017). The company maintains the ethical standards that exceed the government requirements. Definition of the Terms Fairness According to Merriam Webster online dictionary fairness is a way of acting with honesty and impartiality: free from favoritism, prejudice, or self-interest. This means actively working to set aside group loyalty or self-interests when giving an opinion or rendering judgment

World War II or the senseless massacre at Ti'enneman Square on mainland China?  Again we turn to Webster's dictionary, which states evil as causing distress or harm, a source of sorrow, and the fact of suffering, misfortune, and wrongdoing. (Merriam-Webster)   Evil would be any intention to cause an undesirable effect upon one's self or on another person.  So by saying that the intentions of a person are not to cause good we automatically assume that they are out to cause evil.     For instance