Lust is the term used to designate greed or appreciation for material goods, as well as sexual pleasures. Etymologically, this term originated from the Latin concupiscens, which means...
Troubadourism was a poetic and literary movement that started in the 11th century, in the south of France, in the region of Provence. At that time, poems (called songs) were made to be sung to the sound of...
Green Revolution is the name given to the set of technological initiatives that transformed agricultural practices and drastically increased food production in the world. The Green Revolution began in...
Transgenic foods are genetically modified foods, that is, those that had their DNA structure altered to fulfill some human purpose. Genetically modified foods...
Clergy is the word that describes the clerical class, that is, they are the religious, known as priests, who are part of a Church, from the Latin cleru. The clergy is a group of religious, who can...
Morta hand was the term attributed to the fee that serfs had to pay in order to remain in the fief of the family they worked for, in the event of the death of the patriarch. This was a typical practice of...
Vassal is the title given to the subordinate of a sovereign. It is a concept that existed during the Middle Ages and is directly related to Feudalism. As a rule, the vassal was the individual who asked for some...
Feud was the name of a large territorial property that had its economic, political, social and cultural organization based on feudalism, a common system during the Middle Ages in Europe. Too...
Xurupita is the name of a fictitious village, the setting for the comics of the parrot “Zé Carioca”, published by Editora Abril. The José Carioca parrot was created by Walt Disney, visiting the...
Tour de Force means a great effort, a feat or feat. It is a term of French origin, where tour means back and force, strength. Tour de force is widely applied in the arts, such as cinema and...
Renascence or Renaissance is the name given to the movement of artistic, literary and scientific reform which originated in the 14th century in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe, being in force until O...
Temporal paradox is when someone travels in time to the past, changes an action and thus changes the future events, making the action that motivated the time travel no longer exist, and with...
Pejorative is an adjective that describes a word or idea that has an unpleasant, derogatory, and insulting meaning. The verb pejorar, in Portuguese, means to belittle or demean. With origin...
CTPS is the acronym for Work and Social Security Card, a document that records the activities of the citizen as a worker. It is mandatory for all workers, whether in activities related to...
Public service is an activity carried out with the participation of the State. It is the provision of services that are intended to meet society's needs. In public service there is always the...