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General sociology
General terms relating to the study of society.
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economic freedom
Sociology; General sociology
Economic freedom or economic liberty or right to economic liberty denotes the ability of members of a society to undertake economic direction and actions. This is a term used in economic and policy ...
meme
Sociology; General sociology
Meme is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture. "A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices that can be transmitted from one ...
Gay-friendly
Sociology; General sociology
Gay-friendly are the places, policies, people or institutions that are open and welcoming to gay people (to include all members of the LGBTQ community[http://termwiki.com/EN/LGBT_community]) to ...
types of friends
Sociology; General sociology
Ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists agree that one of the keys to happiness is strong relationships with other people. We need to have intimate, enduring bonds; we need to be able to ...
LGBT community
Sociology; General sociology
The LGBT community or GLBT community, commonly referred to as the gay community, is a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) and LGBT-supportive people, ...
Queer
Sociology; General sociology
Queer is an umbrella term [http://www.termwiki.com/EN/Umbrella_term] for sexual and gender minorities that are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning strange or peculiar, queer developed a ...
LGBT
Sociology; General sociology
LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialism LGB, which itself started replacing the term gay ...
