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Category. : Sociological terminology. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sociology by topic. This category relates to specifically sociological terms and concepts. Wider societal terms that do not have a specific sociological nature about them should be added to social concepts in keeping with the WikiProject Sociology scope for the subject.
according to value: Used in commerce to refer to ad valorem taxes, i.e., taxes based on the assessed value of real estate or personal property: ad victoriam: to/for victory: Used as a battle cry by the Romans. ad vitam aeternam: to eternal life: i.e., "to life everlasting". A common Biblical phrase ad vitam aut culpam: for life or until fault
A worldview or a world-view or Weltanschauung is the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the whole of the individual's or society's knowledge, culture, and point of view. [1] A worldview can include natural philosophy; fundamental, existential, and normative postulates; or themes, values, emotions, and ethics.
Lists. v. t. e. The following is a list of terms, used to describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities. Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1]
Status quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, economic, legal, environmental, political, religious, scientific or military issues. [1] In the sociological sense, the status quo refers to the current state of social structure or values. [2] With regard to policy debate, it means how ...
Social construct. A social construct is any category or thing that is made real by convention or collective agreement. [1][2] Socially constructed realities are contrasted with natural kinds, which exist independently of human behavior or beliefs. [1][2] Simple examples of social constructs are the meaning of words and the value of paper money. [3]
t. e. In ethics and social sciences, value denotes the degree of importance of some thing or action, with the aim of determining which actions are best to do or what way is best to live (normative ethics in ethics), or to describe the significance of different actions. Value systems are proscriptive and prescriptive beliefs; they affect the ...
A society is a group of people who form a semi-closed system. At its simplest, the term society refers to a large group of people sharing their own culture and institutions. A society is a network of relationships between people. The English word society is derived from the French société, which had its origin in the Latin societas, a ...