(sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.
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Social structure
the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organizations of England and America are very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"
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the study and classification of human societies
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.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"
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.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.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.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.
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the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.A map of the main ideas a study uses and how they connect.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; differ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.strings of letters and numbers (separated by periods) that are used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.an artificial taxonomic category for botanic organisms of which the true relationships are obscure; replaced in 1993 by Phylum
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.(biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure; ranked between order and genus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.(logic and mathematics) abstract, theoretical organization of terms and implicit relationships that is used as a tool for the analysis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.Having structure; capable of growth and development; organized; as, the formed or organized ferments. See Ferment, n.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.A pattern whose structure repeats at different scales.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public organizations.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: society, considered, system, organized, characteristic.The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite o…
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