A number of high-profile academic research centers are currently developing the scientific background to explain local healing and wellness practices, such as the chemistry behind jamu/herbal tonics, how massages like urut or reiki work anatomically, the physics behind the practices of dukun and exorcism and mantri, and many others.​

To institutionalize something means to adopt as a formally-approved legal standard.​

Performative activism is a pejorative term referring to activism seemingly motivated to "perform" (only for shows, not genuine), to increase one's social capital, rather than motivated by one's devotion to a cause.

Examples of what people have deemed performative include posting black squares in social media during Black Lives Matter, the "tax the rich" dress worn by left-wing politician Alexandria Ocasio Cortez at the Met Gala, etc.

A leftist is someone from the general community, maybe a student, an activist, a commoner, or a leader, who is supportive of left-leaning economic and political principles such as low government interference in economic life, wage equality, strong labor unions, and so on.

The Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG) is a type of female character who is often quirky, unique, sometimes eccentric, spontaneous and unpredictable (hence manic), doing things her own way and dressing up to the drums of her own heartbeat. Her quirkiness is often described as what makes her desirable and attractive.​

​She also often embarks on a journey to save a male protagonist, who has "wild ways" from himself. She usually aides in his transformation without ever showing any real agency of her own, with the main purpose to teach the male protagonist that life is worth embracing.​

​Examples to this would be some classic characters played by Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Greta Gerwig. As real-life personality, MPDG has been detected in the media personas of Halsey, Poppy, Bella Poarch, among others.​

Conditional cash transfer (CCT) is a welfare program in which money is given to the poor in exchange for fulfilling specific behavioral requirements (such as but not limited to children's school attendance and vaccination). In the traditional welfare system, welfare support (in the form of coupons or direct cash cuts) is given only on the basis of income, without behavioral conditions attached.