a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history, Family and kinship.
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primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
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primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history, Family and kinship.two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history, Family and kinship.a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history, Family and kinship.people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common; "he was well known throughout t…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.the class of people engaged in growing food
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.the social class between the lower and upper classes
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, History, Social history.politically moderate persons; centrists
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any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more gener…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisd…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.court-ordered support paid by one spouse to the other who has custody of the children after the parents are separated
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authorit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primary, social, group, parents, children.
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