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[2] One example of this hierarchy is the prestige of a university professor compared to that of a garbage man. A certain lifestyle usually distinguishes the members of different status groups. For example, around the holidays a Jewish family may celebrate Hanukkah while a Christian family may celebrate Christmas. Other cultural differences such ...
Motivation contrasts with amotivation, which is a lack of interest in a certain activity or a resistance to it. [5] In a slightly different sense, the word "motivation" can also refer to the act of motivating someone and to a reason or goal for doing something. [6] It comes from the Latin term movere (to move). [7]
The applied arts are all the arts that apply design and decoration to everyday and essentially practical objects in order to make them aesthetically pleasing. [1] The term is used in distinction to the fine arts, which are those that produce objects with no practical use, whose only purpose is to be beautiful or stimulate the intellect in some way.
A special interest group (SIG) is a community within a larger organization with a shared interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge, learning or technology where members cooperate to effect or to produce solutions within their particular field, and may communicate, meet, and organize conferences.
Ephebophilia is the primary sexual interest in mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19. [1] The term was originally used in the late 19th to mid-20th century. [ 1 ] It is one of a number of sexual preferences across age groups subsumed under the technical term chronophilia .
For example, a gay or lesbian person would typically find a person of the same sex to be more attractive than one of the other sex. A bisexual person would find either sex to be attractive. Asexuality refers to those who do not experience sexual attraction for either sex, though they may have romantic attraction or a non-directed libido. [ 2 ]
An iamb (/ ˈ aɪ æ m / EYE-am) or iambus is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry.Originally the term referred to one of the feet of the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in καλή (kalḗ) "beautiful (f.)").
Places said to have a strong "sense of place" have a strong identity that is deeply felt by inhabitants and visitors. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Sense of place is a social phenomenon . [ 15 ] Codes aimed at protecting, preserving and enhancing places felt to be of value include " World Heritage Site " designations, the British " Area of Outstanding Natural ...