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noun
- A social theory or political movement supporting the equality of both genders in all aspects of public and private life; specifically, a theory or movement that argues that legal and social restrictions on females must be removed in order to bring about such equality.
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noun (pl=folk, pl2=folks)
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(archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.
- The inhabitants of a region especially the native inhabitants.
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(plural, folks) One"s relatives especially one"s parents.
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(plural) people, People in general.
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(plural) A particular group of people.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the folk of a land, their culture, tradition or history.
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noununcountable
- The tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population.
adjectivefolkloric
- of or pertaining to folklore
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adjective (folks, ier, more, )
- Characteristic of simple country life.
- Informal, affable and familiar.
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noun
- A formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted
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| foster child |
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- A child in foster care
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| fragmentation |
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- The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
- The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
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(computing) The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
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(computing) The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
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| function |
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noun
- What something does or is used for.
- A professional or official position.
- An official or social occasion.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
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(maths) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
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(computing) A routine that returns a result.
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(biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
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(chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
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| functionalism |
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- A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction
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(philosophy) The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects
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(social science) The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society
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(psychology) A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment
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