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  2. Social norm - Wikipedia

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    In Figure 1, the range of tolerable behavior extends is 3, as the group approves of all behavior from 4 to 7 and 7-4=3. Carrying over our coffee example again, we can see that first-years only approve of having a limited number of cups of coffee (between 4 and 7); more than 7 cups or fewer than 4 would fall outside the range of tolerable behavior.

  3. Norm (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Orders and permissions express norms. Such norm sentences do not describe how the world is, they rather prescribe how the world should be. Imperative sentences are the most obvious way to express norms, but declarative sentences also may be norms, as is the case with laws or 'principles'.

  4. Rukun Negara - Wikipedia

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    The National Principles (Malay: Rukun Negara; Jawi: ‏روکون نݢارا ‎) is the Malaysian declaration of national philosophy instituted by royal proclamation on Merdeka Day, 1970, in reaction to the 13 May race riots, which occurred in 1969. [1]

  5. Mertonian norms - Wikipedia

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    The four Mertonian norms (often abbreviated as the CUDO-norms) can be summarised as: communism: all scientists should have common ownership of scientific goods (intellectual property), to promote collective collaboration; secrecy is the opposite of this norm.

  6. Word - Wikipedia

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    A word is a basic element of language that carries meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible. [1] Despite the fact that language speakers often have an intuitive grasp of what a word is, there is no consensus among linguists on its definition and numerous attempts to find specific criteria of the concept remain controversial. [2]

  7. Noun class - Wikipedia

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    The class usually labeled "feminine", for instance, includes the word for fire and nouns relating to fire, as well as all dangerous creatures and phenomena. (This inspired the title of the George Lakoff book Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things.) The Ngangikurrunggurr language has noun classes reserved for canines and hunting weapons.

  8. Seven words - Wikipedia

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    Seven words may refer to: "Seven Words", the nickname of Alberto Alcázar, a Spanish music score composer; Seven Words, a 2022 album by British band Xentrix "7 Words", a song by alternative metal band Deftones from their 1995 album Adrenaline; The seven sayings of Jesus on the cross. Musical settings of sayings of Jesus on the cross

  9. Real life - Wikipedia

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    In her 1788 work, Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations Calculated to Regulate the Affections, and Form the Mind to Truth and Goodness, author Mary Wollstonecraft employs the term in her title, representing the work's focus on a middle-class ethos which she viewed as superior to the court culture represented by fairy tales and the values of chance and luck found in chapbook ...