relating to human society and its members; "social institutions"; "societal evolution"; "societal forces"; "social legislation"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure, Social change, Crime and deviance.
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Societal
relating to human society and its members; "social institutions"; "societal evolution"; "societal forces"; "social legislation"
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the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure, Crime and deviance.the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure, Crime and deviance.the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure, Crime and deviance.(sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.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.(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure.(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.the state of being a criminal
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.deviate behavior
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.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.(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.growth to a global or worldwide scale; "the globalization of the communication industry"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social change.growth to a global or worldwide scale; "the globalization of the communication industry"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social change.(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.making modern in appearance or behavior; "the modernization of Nigeria will be a long process"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social change.
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Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.the evolution or genesis of the human race
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.the evolution or genesis of the human race
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.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: human, society, members, social, institutions.The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.the ultimate goal; "human beings are not the end-all of evolution"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; stat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.That series of changes under natural law which involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous in structure, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human v…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and soci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, society, members, social, institutions.
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