A CLiL Glossary


A - Z list

by Marta Collado

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ


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Aggressor
noun
    A person who attacks another.


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Bully
noun
    A person who uses strength or influence to harm or intimidate those who are weaker. (synonymous = aggressor).
verb
    Use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force them to do something.

Bullying
noun
    Unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.

Bystander
noun
    A person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part.

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Cyber-bullying
noun
    Refers to the use of communication technologies (e-mail, cell phones, pager text messages, Internet sites and instant messaging) to physically threaten, verbally harass or socially exclude an individual or group. Using these technologies to distribute damaging messages and pictures allows bullies to remain anonymous and bullying to become widespread.

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Dating aggression
noun
    Physical or verbal actions including grabbing, pushing, punching, spreading rumors and name-calling. Can hurt the young person's body, damage belongings or make the person feel badly about himself or herself. Can make the young person feel badly about himself or herself. Can make the young person feel alone and not part of the group.

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E

Ethnoculturally-based comments
noun
    Any physical or verbal behavior used to hurt another person because of his or her ethnicity (culture, colour or religion)

Excluding from group activities
noun
    When somebody denies you access to an activity

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G

Gossiping
noun
    When a person talks about other people's private lives.

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H

Hurtful Comments Threats Sexual harassment
noun
    Occurs when a person or group hurts another person by taunting or discussing sensitive sexual issues, creating sexual rumors or messages, making homophobic comments, rating sexual body parts or name-calling, telling sexual jokes, and initiating unwanted sexual touching.

Hurtful actions
noun
    Actions that causes distress to someone's feelings.

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I

Ignoring
verb
    When somebody disregards you intentionally.

Insults Name-calling
noun
    When somebody says you A thing so worthless or contemptible as to be offensive.

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Physical bullying
noun
   When the abuses are involving bodily contact.

Psychological bullying
noun
   When the abuses are related to the mental and emotional state of a person.

Pushing/shoving
noun
   When someone exerts force on you in order to move you away or try you fall over.

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R

Recognize
verb
   Acknowledge the existence and identify when it appears.

Refuse
verb
   Indicate or show that one is not willing to do something.

Repetitive behavior
noun
   When somebody does a behavior (usually bad) again or more than once.

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S

Social Hitting / Punching Kicking
noun
   Physical aggressions in group.

Stealing
noun
   When somebody takes your something (your property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

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Unequal power
noun
   Not fair, evenly balanced, or having equal advantage.

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V

Verbal bullying
noun
    When the abuses are mainly speaking.

Victim
noun
    A person harmed or injured as a result of an action.

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