the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
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Urbanisation
the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
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A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Population geography.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Population geography.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Population geography.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Population geography.The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance of resources; fertile…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Population geography.growth to a global or worldwide scale; "the globalization of the communication industry"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Social change.growth to a global or worldwide scale; "the globalization of the communication industry"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Social change.The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying.
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Population geography.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Population geography.a periodic count of the population
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Population geography.a periodic count of the population
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Population geography.Prolificness.
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Population geography.The condition or quality of being rank.
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Population geography.The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Population geography.To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Social change.An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland whi…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Geography, Urban geography.A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in othe…
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The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of am…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.The science of the structure and functions of the human body.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.A large town.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: social, whereby, cities, grow, societies.One who, or that which, influences.
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