manifest
(adjective)
Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
Examples of manifest in the following topics:
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Manifest Destiny
- Manifest destiny was the 19th century U.S. belief that the country had a divine right to expand across and take over the continent.
- Advocates of manifest destiny believed that expansion was not only wise, but that it was readily apparent (manifest) and could not be prevented (destiny).
- "Manifest destiny" was a term Democrats primarily used to support the Polk Administration's expansion plans.
- Manifest destiny was a general notion rather than a specific policy.
- Evaluate how the concept of manifest destiny shaped U.S. thought and movement
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Religious Freedom
- Freedom of religion is a principle that allows an individual or community to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance.
- Freedom of religion is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance.
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Jackson's Democratic Agenda
- Jacksonian democracy was built on the general principles of expanded suffrage, manifest destiny, patronage, strict constructionism, Laissez-Faire capitalism, and opposition to the Second Bank of the United States.
- Manifest Destiny was the belief that white Americans had a destiny to settle the American West with yeoman farmers and to consolidate political control over lands from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
- The Whigs generally opposed Manifest Destiny and expansion, saying the nation should build up its cities.
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Gender Inequality in Health Care
- Gender discrimination in health care manifests itself primarily as the difference that men and women pay for their insurance premium.
- Gender discrimination in health care manifests primarily as the amount of money one pays for insurance premiums—the amount paid per month in order to be covered by insurance.
- Identify three ways in which gender inequality in health care manifests itself in the United States
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Intelligence and Inequality
- Although schools' manifest function is to educate and train intelligence, they also have latent functions like socializing students.
- The manifest function of education is to transmit knowledge to students.
- Manifest functions involve things people expect or can observe.
- Latent functions are not generally recognized or intended; rather, they are a secondary effect of manifest functions.
- Socialization is slowly transforming into a manifest function, especially within special education and working with children on the autism spectrum, who suffer from serious social skill deficits.
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Influences of Culture and Gender in Psychotherapy
- Culture will also influence factors such as how trust is built in the therapeutic relationship, how help-seeking behavior manifests (or doesn't manifest, or how quickly), how therapy is viewed (for instance, if being in therapy is considered stigmatizing or shameful), how emotions are expressed, what is considered appropriate to discuss or express, and many other factors.
- Symptoms of depression will often manifest very differently between men and women due to how each gender is socially taught to channel their emotions (for instance, depression in men will often manifest as increased irritability or anger).
- If a therapist fails to take into account the differing ways in which males and females are socialized, and how this manifests psychologically, they might misunderstand and misdiagnose what a client is encountering.
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The Politics of Expansion
- By the mid-1840's, U.S. expansionism was articulated in the ideology of "Manifest Destiny".
- The concept of Manifest Destiny, the belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent, was primarily used by Democrats to support the expansion plans of the Polk Administration, and the idea of expansion was also supported by the Whigs like Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln who wanted to deepen the economy.
- The title of the painting, from a 1726 poem by Bishop Berkeley, was a phrase often quoted in the era of Manifest Destiny, expressing a widely held belief that civilization had steadily moved westward throughout history.
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Structural-Functionalism
- Merton (1957) proposed a distinction between manifest and latent functions.
- Manifest functions are the intended functions of a phenomenon in a social system.
- An example of manifest and latent functions is education.
- The manifest purpose of public education is to increase the knowledge and abilities of the citizenry to prepare them to contribute in the workforce.
- Thus, while education's manifest function is to empower all individuals to contribute to the workforce and society, it also limits some people by creating boundaries of entry into occupations.
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Signs and Symptoms of Shock
- The clinical manifestation of shock is variable depending on the type of shock and the individual, but there are some general symptoms.
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The Third Intermediate Period
- The same theme is manifested in the emergence of a temple where they thought the sun god and king was celebrated.
- The same theme is manifested in the emergence of a temple where they thought the sun god and king was celebrated.