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Note-Taking Abbreviations

 

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Symbols

Δ

change

↑­

increase

decrease

leads to / creates etc.

 

female or women

 male

male or men

\

therefore

...

means space in quote

>

more than

less than

Common Abbreviations

with

w/

because

b/c

equality

=ity

equals

=

for example

e.g.

for instance

i.e.

questioned

?d

question

?

against

agnst

between

betw/

continued

cont.

different

dif't

everything

evryt

influence

infl

rate (i.e. birth r.)

r.

something

st

through

thru

development

devel

explanation

expl

traditional

trad

cultural

cult

economic

econ

education

educ

institution

instit

justification

justific

government

gov't

important

import.

individual

indiv.

large

lrg

nothing

nt

probably

prob.

separate or separation

sep.

similar

sim.

social or society

soc.

statistics

stats

Specific Historical Terms

19th Century

19thC or 19C

World War I

WWI

World War II

WWII

Industrial Revolution

Indust. Rev.

French Revolution

Fren. Rev.

Russian Revolution

Rus. Rev.

National Socialism

Nat Soc or Nazism

Prussian

Prus

United States or American

US

Great British or Britain

Brit or GB

English or England

Eng.

German

Germ

French, France

Fr.

Politics / Economics / Culture

agrarian

agrar

association

assoc

bourgeois (i.e. middle class)

bourg

bureaucracy

bureac

constitution

constit

emacipation

emancip

foreign

for. (for. pol.)

history, historical

hist

ideology

ideol

ideology or ideological

ideol

industrial

indust

liberalism

lib

modern

mod

mitlitary

milit

movement

mov't

philosophy or philosophical

philos

political science

pol sci

political

polit

public opinion

pub. op.

private

priv.

public

pub.

radical

rad.

universal suffrage

univ. suff.

working class

w.c. (also m.c. or up.c.)