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Thesaurus: 1501 entries.


CYBERFEMINISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A branch of feminism interested in the role that technology, particularly information technology, can play in facilitating women's social equality, activism, and equity.

CYBERSPACE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Refers to the virtual "space" or "community" created by the internet, is often conceptualized as an ethereal medium of digitized information.

CYBORG (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A human-machine hybrid. Cyborgs can be imaginary creatures or they can represent real human- machine interfaces. They symbolize the blurring boundaries between "nature" and "civilization" or "organic" and "inorganic".

CYPRUS (Search for related entries in the library)

CZECH REPUBLIC (Search for related entries in the library)

DANCE 

DANCERS 

DATA (Search for related entries in the library)

DAUGHTERS 

DAY CARE