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adjective
- restricted to members of a single sex
- a school
- of, or relating to homosexual men or women
- Some nations have legalized marriage.
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verb (segregates, segregating, segregated, segregated)
- To separate, used especially of social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.
adjective - separate, Separate; select.
- Separated from others of the same kind.
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| segregated |
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adjective
- (context, of a person or thing) separated or isolated from others, or from another group
- (context, of an institution) having access restricted to certain groups, or excluding certain groups
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noun - The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.
- seperation, Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallize, crystallizing process.
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| serial |
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noun - A work, as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
adjective - Having to do with or arranged in a series.
- The w:serial killer, killer had a string of victims across seven states.
- Published or produced in installments.
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| serial monogamy |
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noun
- a lifestyle which provides commitment to one sexual relationship at a time, but implies a regular change of partner
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| settlement |
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noun
- The state of being settled.
- (legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
- A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled.
- (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
- (legal) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
- (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
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noun
- A spouse.
- A common-law spouse.
- A serious boyfriend or girlfriend.
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| situation |
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noun - The way in which something is positioned vis-í -vis its surroundings.
- 1908: w:Kenneth Grahame, Kenneth Grahame, w:The Wind in the Willows, The Wind in the Willows
- : ...he being naturally an underground animal by birth and breeding, the of Badger's house exactly suited him and made him feel at home; while the Rat, who slept every night in a bedroom the windows of which opened on a breezy river, naturally felt the atmosphere still and oppressive.
- The place in which something is situated; a location.
- Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
- The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- A position of employment; a post.
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abbreviation - society
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| social |
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noun
- A festive gathering to foster introductions.
- (context, UK, slang) Short for social security benefit, the UK government department responsible for administering such welfare benefit or its employees.
- Fred hated going down to the to sign on.
- (context, US) Short for Social Security Number.
- What's your ?
adjective
- Being extroverted or outgoing
- Needing (nearly) constant human interaction
- related to society
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| social climber |
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noun (plural: social climbers)
- someone who tries to improve their social position, especially by means of obsequious behaviour
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| social control |
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noun
- Any control, either formal or informal, that is exerted by a group, especially by one's peers
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| social Darwinism |
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noun
- a theory that the laws of evolution by natural selection also apply to social structures
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| social engineering |
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noun
- (computer security) The practice of tricking a user into giving, or giving access to, sensitive information, thereby bypassing most or all protection
- (political science) Use of propaganda by an authoritarian government to sway perceptions and attitudes of its own citizenry
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verb (socializ, ing)
- (intransitive) To interact with others
- (transitive) To instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society
- (transitive) To take into collective or governmental ownership
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| social work |
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noun
- Any of several professions concerned with providing social services to those members of the community that need it
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| societal |
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
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| society |
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noun
- (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
- This society has been known for centuries for its colorful clothing and tight-knit family structure.
- (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest.
- It was then that they decided to found a society of didgeridoo-playing unicyclists.
- (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
- (uncountable) The people of one"s country or community taken as a whole.
- It"s not for society to decide whether I can play the didgeridoo in my own home.
- He thinks that the fact that this child grew up to be a murderer is the fault of society.
- (uncountable) high society.
- Smith was first introduced into society at the Duchess of Grand Fenwick's annual rose garden party.
- (legalese) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act a common goal.
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| sociology |
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noun (sociologi, es)
- The study of society, human social interaction, and the rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups, and institutions.
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| stage |
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noun
- a phase
- ''He is in the recovery of his illness.
- The area, in any theatre, generally raised, upon which an audience watches plays or other public ceremonies.
- ''The band returned to the to play an encore.
- Short for stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers
- ''The pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.
- (electronics) the number of an electronic circuit"s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- a 3- cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter
- The place on a microscope where the slide is placed
- He placed the slide on the stage.
verb (stag, ing)
- To produce on a stage.
- The local theater group will "Pride and Prejudice".
- To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- The salesman"s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.
- To pause or wait at a designated location.
- We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.
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| static |
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noun
- interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television
- (context, by extension) interference or obstruction from people
- Something that is not part of any perceived universe phenomena; having no motion; no particle; no wavelength.
adjective
- Not able to change
- Fixed in place
- (complang) Occupying memory allocated when a program is load, loaded.
- Having no motion
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| status |
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noun
- A person"s position or standing relative to that of others.
- Superstition is highly correlated with economic .
- (rfd-redundant) prestige, Prestige or high standing.
- 1957, Gladys Sellew and Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its Use in Nursing Service, Saunders, page 81
- : The king has in his kingdom, and the pauper has within his immediate group of peers.
- A situation or state of affairs.
- What's the of the investigation?
- (rfd-redundant) (legal) The legal condition of a person or thing.
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noun
- A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
- A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
- (printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
verb (stereotyp, ing)
- (transitive): To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
- (transitive): To print from a stereotype.
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| stratification |
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noun
- the process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks
- (music) a layering of musical texture
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verb (stratif, i, ed)
- (intransitive) To become separated out into distinct layers or stratum, strata.
- In this cut you can see how the sedimentary rock layers have been clearly stratified.
- Even without a pronounced social class system, people in a large society tend to .
- (transitive) To separate out into distinct layers or stratum, strata.
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| stratum |
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noun (strat, a)
- One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another
- (geology) A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout
- Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers
- (biology) A layer of tissue
- A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status
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| structural |
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adjective
- of, relating to, or having structure
- used in building
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noun
- An agreement between two or more people to commit suicide
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