people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
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a state of extreme poverty
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogativ…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and poor"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society); "the marginalization of the u…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society); "the marginalization of the u…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.the quality of moving freely
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.a state of extreme poverty
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogativ…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Inequality and stratification.the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
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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: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.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: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.Prejudice; bias.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorles…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to counten…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, fou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unfair, treatment, group, basis, prejudice.
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