Both adherence to and deviation from such approved behaviors, define and reinforce racial, ethnic, and nationalist regimes.
The definition of a mote is a speck or a very small piece of something. An example of a mote is a particle of dirt. a speck of dust or other tiny particle.
Hydrate (noun). a substance which does not contain water as such, but has its constituents (hydrogen, oxygen, hydroxyl) so arranged that water may be eliminated; hence, a derivative of, or compound with, hydroxyl; hydroxide; as, ethyl hydrate, or common alcohol; calcium hydrate, or slaked lime.