When the Dominant Culture Succeeds in Imposing Its Values and Ideas

question 55

Multiple Choice

When the dominant culture succeeds in imposing its values and ideas on all of society, it is known as:

• A) hegemony.
• B) cultural diffusion.
• C) relativism.
• D) cultural leveling.
• E) polysemy.

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Definitions:

Universal Generalization

A logical operation that asserts that a property or relation holds for all members of a certain category.

Existential Generalization

A logical operation that infers the existence of at least one member of a group from a statement about an individual or individuals.

Existential Instantiation

A principle in logic and philosophy that allows from the acknowledgment of the existence of at least one instance of a particular predicate.

Universal Instantiation

A logical rule that states if a property or relation holds for all members of a class or domain, then it holds for any specific member of that class or domain.