The Public Burning Glossary

The Public Burning Glossary

editorialize

express opinions rather than just report the news.

cathedra

bishop's throne

capitalist

a person who uses their wealth to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism

Americanist

a specialist in American culture or history

bourgeois

belonging to or characteristic of the middle class

Marxist

a theory and practice of socialism

paradoxically

two meanings that don't make sense together.

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