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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. 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....
13. antisocial, adj. View full entry 1802
...Opposed to the principles on which society is constituted. Also, spec. in Sociol., pertaining to a class of persons or actions devoid of or antagonistic to normal social...
14. behavioural science in behavioural | behavioral, adj. View full entry 1937
...the scientific study of human and animal behaviour; any of the academic disciplines involving this, such as psychology, anthropology, sociology, or behavioural zoology; cf. social science...
15. biosociological, adj. View full entry 1894
...Involving both biological and sociological factors; (also) of or relating to biosociology....
16. biosociology, n. View full entry 1897
...The study of how interacting social and biological factors influence human behaviour; spec. a branch of study which uses knowledge or methods from the life sciences to analyse and interpret...
17. clientelism, n. View full entry 1913
...A social or administrative system which depends upon relationships of patronage, favouritism, and self-interested exchange; a political culture which emphasizes or exploits such relationships; the practice of such relations....
18. clientelistic, adj. View full entry 1961
...Characterized by, employing, or arising from clientelism....
19. clientism, n. View full entry 1799
...A social, administrative, or political system which depends upon relationships of patronage; = clientelism...
20. clientism, n. View full entry 1973
...The political patronage by a relatively powerful or influential nation (esp. the U.S.) of another less powerful one, its ‘client’ state; the relationship between such nations....
