All About Love Glossary

by bell hooks

All About Love Glossary

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Written by Monica Barry

Misogynist

Sexist, anti-feminist

Coercive

Relating to threatening or forcing

Arsenal

Weaponry, arms

Estrangement

Hostility, alienation

Pantomime

Theatrical based on nursery story or fairytale

Disparaging

Making derogatory comment, belittling

Patriarchy

A society in which men have all the advantages

Cathexis

Concentration on one idea or object with complete mental energy

Pervasive

Extensive, omnipresent

Undulant

Having wavy outline, surging

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