Ways of Seeing – FYLC Fall 2018
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noun
definition- a count of the population and a property evaluation in early Rome
in the reading of “here, poverty and privilege are neighbors” it says “in the 1990’s the disparity in many neighborhoods became more pronounced, census data show.”
it’s clear to me that the word “Census” is the number of people living in poverty in that neighborhood at that time.
adjective
definition- having an abundance of goods or riches, wealthy
in the text of “here, poverty and privilege are neighbors”, it says ” the affluent pushed deeper into neighborhoods they had once shamed.”
I understand now that the word is used to show some type of power over the lower and maybe the middle-class people.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affluent
verb
Definition-
include, comprehend a plan that encompasses a number of aims
to form a circle about: enclose
bring about, accomplish encompass a task
I encountered this word on the “Here, poverty and privilege are neighbors: income gaps are a source of resentment and guilt” reading, paragraph 9.
in the reading it says”, where one tract encompasses everything from new luxury apartment houses and full floor condominium lofts to small, decaying apartment buildings.”
I now understand what the word means by reading the definition and the sentence it was found in. it means everything is now coming into one. like there could be different last names in one family.
(Verb)
(Adjective)
Noun
-a band of colors, as seen in a rainbow, produced by separation of the components of light by their different degrees of refraction according to wavelength
-used to classify something, or suggest that it can be classified, in terms of its position on a scale between two extreme or opposite points.
Noun
“nearness in place or time” – Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
This word was used in the article “Here, Poverty And Privilege Are Neighbors; Income Gaps Are a source of Resentment and Guilt” by Janny Scott, in the sentence “It’s always an empirical question, to what extent propinquity matters to people.”
Upon reading the word it confused me along with another and causing a stop at the flowing thoughts on the reading and causing a confusion. Now looking up the word I now know what it means and its purpose within the sentence and how it makes sense. The article itself was already talking about different characteristics within New York , but not limited to anything in specific, so it can range within the Propinquity, or a ‘near time or place’ and how important it can be to a person.
Adjective
“ relying on experience or observation alone often without due regard for system and theory” -Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
The sentence the word was used in the article “Here, Poverty And Privilege Are Neighbors; Income Gaps Are a source of Resentment and Guilt” by Janny Scott, in the sentence “It’s always an empirical question, to what extent propinquity matters to people.”
At first the word sounded as if it was synonym for important. However upon looking up what the word meant it gives a more clearer idea of what the sentence meant. Which was in questioning about the experience and observation of a person about a certain or nearby time and place for them and seeing how much it mattered to them.
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