Across
- 2. The visual images, symbols, or modes of representation collectively associated with a person, cult, or movement.
- 4. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime; by extension, a thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and deserves to be condemned.
- 6. To shock or excite someone, typically into taking sudden, energetic action.
- 8. Intended to undermine or overthrow an established system or institution, often in a subtle way.
- 10. Characterized by extreme anger; furious or enraged.
- 11. To take apart a structure, whether a machine, an argument, or an ideology, piece by piece.
- 14. A person who advocated for the complete ending of slavery.
- 17. A simple machine used to gain a mechanical advantage, often used metaphorically for something that provides power to influence a situation.
- 18. The capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference.
- 20. The defining spirit, mood, or intellectual climate of a particular period of history.
Down
- 1. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned in a way that is pleasing or amusing.
- 3. Relating to or denoting a large-scale and violent event in the natural or social world.
- 5. The state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.
- 7. Showing no fear or hesitation in the face of danger or difficulty; resolute.
- 9. Relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect; a "gut" reaction.
- 12. An agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action without itself being consumed.
- 13. The pivotal point on which a bar or other object rests or turns, essential for the operation of the machine mentioned in clue 1.
- 15. Not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased; permanent.
- 16. A formal and systematic written discourse on a particular subject, generally longer and treating it in greater depth than an essay.
- 19. Of enormous proportions or effect; having a profound and far-reaching impact.