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1. A, n. View full entry 1887
...Sociol. Denoting the highest (or formerly lowest) of a series of social classes. In later use spec. denoting the highest-earning socio-economic class for marketing purposes, including managerial and professional...
2. accommodation, n. View full entry 1973
...Linguistics and Sociol. More fully communication accommodation, speech accommodation. The action or process of adjusting one's style of speech or interaction in accordance with or...
3. accommodation theory in accommodation, n. View full entry 1973
...(more fully communication accommodation theory, speech accommodation theory) a theoretical approach which analyses the manner in which people adjust their style of speech or interaction in accordance with...
4. action research in action, n. View full entry 1945
...a form of research in which the researcher analyses a problem and uses the results of the analysis to propose and implement possible solutions....
5. action researcher in action, n. View full entry 1950
...a person who carries out action research....
6. affectual, adj. View full entry 1923
...Sociol. and Psychol. Of, relating to, or characterized by feelings, emotion, or mood; = affective1c. Cf. affect5....
7. affectually, adv. View full entry 1947
...orig. and chiefly Psychol. and Sociol. By, with reference to, or as regards feelings, emotion, or mood. Cf. affective1c, affectual2b....
8. age grade in age, n. View full entry 1894
...any one of a number of ritually marked life stages through which groups of similarly-aged people within a tribe, community, etc., move together; cf. age set...
9. age set in age, n. View full entry 1929
...the people belonging to a particular age group or range in a community, usually one of a number of stratified bands that defines the social status and role of those within it;...
10. age mate, n. View full entry 1582
...A person of the same age, or belonging to the same age group; a contemporary, a peer....
11. agriological, adj. View full entry 1878
...Of or relating to agriology....
12. † agriologist, n. View full entry 1875
...Friedrich Max Müller's name for: a specialist in the history and culture of primitive peoples....
13. agriology, n. View full entry 1878
...Friedrich Max Müller's name for: the comparative study of the history and culture of primitive peoples....
14. alloparent, n. View full entry 1975
...An adult animal or person involved in parent-like care of an individual which is not his or her offspring....
16. ambilateral, adj. View full entry 1929
...Cultural Anthropol. Pertaining to or designating a kinship system in which an individual may claim membership of either the father's or the mother's lineage group, or both....
17. ambilineal, adj. View full entry 1950
...Designating or pertaining to a kinship system in which an individual may choose to claim membership of either the father's or the mother's lineage group, but not both....
19. ambilocal, adj. View full entry 1956
...Designating or pertaining to a system of residence after marriage in which a couple may choose to live in either the husband's or the wife's home or community....
