Top Ten Most Relevant Words from the Second Democratic Debate, November 14, 2015

The tragic events in Paris cast a large shadow over the second Democratic debate held on November 14, 2015. The first portion of the debate was devoted to plans for combating terrorist threats, but the candidates -- Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- also addressed issues like immigration, the economy, and raising the minimum wage. Here are the most relevant words from the debate.
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  1. disposable
    free or available for use
    This is what I think -- this is what many economists believe that one of the reasons that real unemployment in this country is 10 percent, one of the reasons that African American youth unemployment and underemployment is 51 percent is the average worker in America doesn't have any disposable income.
    - Senator Bernie Sanders
  2. revitalize
    give new life or vigor to
    That is what is going to have to happen, if we want to revitalize and rebuild the crumbling middle class.
    -Sen. Sanders
  3. proactive
    causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond
    This is a new era of conflict where traditional ways of huge standing armies [don't] serve our purposes as well as special ops, better intelligence and being more proactive.
    -Governor Martin O'Malley
  4. consensus
    agreement in the judgment reached by a group as a whole
    We have got to come forward with a consensus that in fact will work.
    - Sen. Sanders
  5. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
    So, I mean this may seem like a bit of an arcane discussion.
    -Sec. Clinton
  6. radical
    far beyond the norm
    We need to have a resolve that will bring the world together to root out the kind of radical jihadist ideology that motivates organizations like ISIS, a barbaric, ruthless, violent jihadist terrorist group.
    -Sec. Clinton
  7. modernity
    the quality of being current or of the present
    I think with this kind of barbarism and nihilism, it's very hard to understand, other than the lust for power, the rejection of modernity, the total disregard for human rights, freedom, or any other value that we know and respect.
    - Sec. Clinton
    Nihilism is the rejection of all the values and principles of society
    "If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance." -Albert Camus
  8. divisive
    causing or characterized by disagreement or disunity
    If you -- we will not solve our nation's problems by resorting to the divisive ideologies of our past, or by returning to polarizing figures from our past.
    -Gov. O'Malley
  9. infrastructure
    basic facilities needed for the functioning of a country
    I believe that we pay for many of the things that we need to do again as a nation, investing in the skills of our people, our infrastructure, and research and development and also climate change by the elimination of one big entitlement that we can no longer afford as a people, and that is the entitlement that many of our super wealthiest citizens feel they are entitled to pay -- namely, a much lower income tax rate and a lower tax rate on capital gains.
    -Gov. O'Malley
  10. barbaric
    without civilizing influences
    We need to have a resolve that will bring the world together to root out the kind of radical jihadist ideology that motivates organizations like ISIS, a barbaric, ruthless, violent jihadist terrorist group.
    -Sec. Clinton
Created on Sun Nov 15 00:14:44 EST 2015 (updated Sun Nov 15 09:07:28 EST 2015)

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