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Anand Karaj (ਅਨੰਦ ਕਾਰਜ)
Anand Karaj (ਅਨੰਦ ਕਾਰਜ), the Sikh marriage ceremony of "blissful union," centers on four Laavan hymns by Guru Ram Das and circling the Guru Granth Sahib; legally validated in India by the Anand Marriage Act, 1909, amended 2012.
Anarcha-feminism
Anarcha-feminism, or anarcho-feminism, unites anarchism with feminism, treating patriarchy as a hierarchy to abolish. Key expressions include Mujeres Libres (Spain, 1936), Emma Goldman, and 1970s US groups like Black Rose.
Ancestor
Ancestor: a deceased forebear, real or mythical, from whom persons or groups descend. In law, a person whose estate passes by descent; in anthropology, the focal figure of ancestor veneration, studied since Edward Tylor's 1870 comparative religion work.
Anchor baby
Anchor baby: pejorative US political term for a child born to non-citizen parents, implying planned birth for citizenship; also niño ancla, bebê âncora. No legal meaning; citizen children sponsor parents only at 21.
Anchoring effect
Anchoring effect (anchoring bias, anchoring-and-adjustment heuristic): cognitive bias in which numerical judgments assimilate toward an initial anchor value, introduced by Tversky and Kahneman in 1974; large meta-analytic effect with identified boundary conditions.
Ancient Order of Hibernians
The Ancient Order of Hibernians, also known as the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America, is a Catholic Irish-American fraternal organization founded in New York City in 1836.
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts's 1987 investigative history of the early American AIDS epidemic, its institutional failures, the disputed Patient Zero narrative, and the 1993 HBO film adaptation.
Andalusi refugee influx after the fall of Granada
The Andalusi refugee influx after the fall of Granada was the mass emigration of Muslims from Iberia to North Africa, beginning after Granada surrendered in 1492.
Andamanese peoples
Andamanese peoples are the indigenous Negrito groups of India's Andaman Islands: Great Andamanese, Jarawa, Onge, and Sentinelese. Once about 6,500 people in 1780, they declined catastrophically under colonization; the Sentinelese remain uncontacted.
Andrea Dworkin
Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005), American radical feminist writer and activist, author of Woman Hating, Pornography: Men Possessing Women, and Intercourse; with Catharine MacKinnon drafted the 1983 Minneapolis anti-pornography civil rights ordinance struck down in Hudnut.
Andreea Diaconu
Andreea Diaconu, Romanian fashion model born 1991 in Bucharest; active since 2006 (Christopher Kane), 189 runway shows, DNA Models mother agency, first Romanian to walk Victoria's Secret (2024).
Andrew Cray
Andrew Cray (died 2014) was an American trans man and LGBTQ health policy advocate at the Center for American Progress who co-founded Out2Enroll, advanced transgender-inclusive insurance coverage, and married Sarah McBride days before dying of oral cancer at 28.
Andrew Wilson (internet personality)
Andrew Wilson is a conservative online debater, host of The Crucible debate channel, and founder of Debate University, known for Whatever podcast clashes, the 2026 Candace Owens Charlie Kirk debate, and combative Christian nationalist commentary.
Androgyny
Androgyny describes a single person who combines masculine and feminine traits in gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation, and may also denote a third gender category.
Androphilia and gynephilia
Androphilia and gynephilia are behavioral-science terms for sexual attraction to adult males and to adult females respectively; ambiphilia denotes both. They classify attraction by its object, independent of the person's own sex or gender identity, and are preferred over homosexual/heterosexual for cross-cultural and transgender research.
Andy Ngo
Andy Ngo, also known as Andy Cuong Ngô, is an American conservative journalist, photographer, and author known for covering antifa and for his 2021 bestseller Unmasked.
Anemoia
Anemoia, from John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, means nostalgia for a time one never experienced. Not a clinical term; studied as vicarious or historical nostalgia and linked to populism and vintage marketing.
Angelica Schuyler Church
Angelica Schuyler Church (1756, Albany; died 1814 or 1815) was an American socialite, eldest daughter of General Philip Schuyler, sister-in-law of Alexander Hamilton, wife of John Barker Church, and an influential correspondent of Jefferson, Hamilton, Washington, and Lafayette.
Anger
Anger is a basic human emotion triggered by perceived offense or obstruction, distinct from hostility (attitude) and aggression (behavior); venting does not reduce it, while CBT and arousal-lowering strategies are effective treatments.
Anger management
Anger management, also called anger management therapy, is CBT-based treatment teaching relaxation, cognitive restructuring, and communication skills; arousal-decreasing activities work (g = -0.63) while venting does not.
Angie Xtravaganza
Angie Xtravaganza, original mother of the House of Xtravaganza, the first Latinx ballroom house, and a star of Paris Is Burning (1990). Led the house until her death from AIDS-related liver disease in 1993, aged 27.
Anglican Use
Anglican Use: Catholic liturgical use for former Episcopalians created by the 1980 Pastoral Provision of John Paul II, using the Book of Divine Worship; a use of the Roman Rite, succeeded by Divine Worship in the Personal Ordinariates.
Anglo
Anglo: a term for English-speaking people or things of English or British origin, from Latin Anglus; in US usage it contrasts with Hispanic heritage, in Canada with French ancestry, and hemispherically with Latin America.
Anglo-Indian people
Anglo-Indian people: mixed European-paternal, Indian-maternal community in India, formerly called Eurasians (renamed 1911); defined by Article 366(2), reserved Lok Sabha seats 1952–2020, large post-1947 diaspora.
Angolan post-war urban migration
Angolan post-war urban migration is the continued movement of people from rural Angola into cities after the civil war ended in 2002, especially into the capital Luanda.
Angolan refugee repatriation
Angolan refugee repatriation was the UNHCR-led voluntary return of Angolan refugees after the 2002 civil war, bringing home roughly 410,000 people from 2003 to 2007.
Angry black woman
Angry black woman: an American racial stereotype, modern form of the Sapphire caricature from Amos 'n' Andy, portraying Black women as hostile and aggressive; a Collins controlling image with documented workplace, media, and mental health effects.
Angry white male
Angry white male: a stereotype of middle-aged white men resentful of social change, popularized by a 1994 USA Today headline after the GOP midterm win, analyzed academically via Michael Kimmel's aggrieved entitlement.
Angus MacAskill
Angus MacAskill (1825–1863), the Cape Breton Giant or Gille Mòr, was a Scottish-born Canadian giant, Guinness's tallest recorded non-pathological giant at 7 ft 9 in, famed for strength feats, a Queen Victoria audience, and a 2,700-pound anchor lift.
Anhedonia
Anhedonia is the reduced ability to experience pleasure and a core symptom of major depressive disorder and schizophrenia. Coined by Ribot in 1896, it now spans anticipatory, consummatory, social, and physical reward deficits.