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General sociology
General terms relating to the study of society.
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representative sample
Sociology; General sociology
A selection from a larger population that is statistically found to be typical of that population.
religious beliefs
Sociology; General sociology
Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.
religious experience
Sociology; General sociology
The feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality, such as a divine being, or of being overcome with religious emotion.
refined divorce rate
Sociology; General sociology
Measures the number of divorces in a year for every 1,000 married women over age 15.
reform schools
Sociology; General sociology
Institutions for the incarceration and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders.
relative deprivation
Sociology; General sociology
The conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.
relative poverty
Sociology; General sociology
A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society, whatever their lifestyles, are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole.
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