B2 · Upper Intermediate
Society & Sociology
Danish vocabulary for discussing society: welfare, class, integration, inequality and the bonds that hold communities together.
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- Words & phrases
- 67
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 3
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Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- sociology
- social class
- inequality
- integration
- to integrate
- norm
- welfare, well-being
- welfare state
- community, fellowship
- minority
- institution
- generation
- solidarity
- marginalization
- to exclude
- immigration
- immigrant
- emigration
- discrimination
- to discriminate
- distribution
- social structure
- middle class
- poverty
- wealth, riches
- citizenship
- sense of belonging, togetherness
- adolescence
- an ally
- an aristocracy
- a prisoner of war
- a colonial era
- a confederation (of states)
- a cult
- a disciple
- a majority
- a sense of identity
- an absentee parent
- homophobia
- homophobic
- xenophobia
- xenophobic
- a skeptic
- a hypocrite
- a hypochondriac
- an illiterate
- a cross-dresser; a transvestite (dated)
- a tramp
- truthfulness
- a misconception
- a playmate
- a formal ball (a prom at a school)
- a humanist
- a dropout rate
- an alien
- a gangster
- a mogul
- a captive
- a cowboy
- a hybrid
- interpersonal
- exile
- cultural identity
- a birth rate
- social justice
- to immigrate
- lesbian
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Society and Sociology
- Lesson 2
Trust and Social Responsibility
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