the study and classification of human societies
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(sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group
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the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was i…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediate…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "the institution…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediate…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.communicate with and within a group; "You have to network if you want to get a good job"
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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: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.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: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been co…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.application software programs that share common conventions so they can be utilized together
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.To embody; to form into a body.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.How data or resources are spread out.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.of Embody
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ide…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.of Embody
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written ind…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sociology, conventions, embody, fundamental, values.the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
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