Hegemony: Leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others. (www.oxforddictionaries.com)
[Consider this in the context of popular culture. Are we controlled by the elite through the media, or are we the voices of protest using popular culture's various mediums to be heard?]
Hedonism: the pursuit of pleasure.
Narcissism: excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance.
Ebullient: cheerful and full of energy.
Debauchery: excessive indulgence in vices.
Objectified: degrade to the state of a mere object.
Embodiment: give a tangible or visible form of an idea quality or feeling.
Contemporary: modern in style or design; belonging to the present.
Debutante: an upper class young woman making her first appearance in society.
Secular: not religious, sacred, or spiritual.
Allure: powerful attraction or fascination.
Chaste: abstaining from extramarital intercourse.
Inadvertently: not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.
Juvenile: childish.
Juvenilization: to be made childlike or childish.
Decadence
[Consider this in the context of popular culture. Are we controlled by the elite through the media, or are we the voices of protest using popular culture's various mediums to be heard?]
Hedonism: the pursuit of pleasure.
Narcissism: excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance.
Ebullient: cheerful and full of energy.
Debauchery: excessive indulgence in vices.
Objectified: degrade to the state of a mere object.
Embodiment: give a tangible or visible form of an idea quality or feeling.
Contemporary: modern in style or design; belonging to the present.
Debutante: an upper class young woman making her first appearance in society.
Secular: not religious, sacred, or spiritual.
Allure: powerful attraction or fascination.
Chaste: abstaining from extramarital intercourse.
Inadvertently: not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.
Juvenile: childish.
Juvenilization: to be made childlike or childish.
Decadence
- moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.
"he denounced Western decadence"
synonyms:dissipation, dissoluteness, degeneracy, debauchery, corruption, depravity,loucheness, vice, sinfulness, perversion, moral decay, immorality, lack of morals, lack of principles, lack of restraint, lack of control, lack of self-control, immoderateness, intemperance, licentiousness, wantonness, self-indulgence, hedonism, epicureanism; - luxurious self-indulgence.
- "cream cakes on a Wednesday—pure decadence"
- "cream cakes on a Wednesday—pure decadence"
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