Sociology dictionary, A to Z
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a 100 terms
- Ableism
- Absolute Deprivation
- Absolute Mobility
- Absolute Poverty
- Absorption Effect
- Acculturation
- Achieved Status
- Action Theory
- Activity Theory
- Actuarial Justice
- Adaptive Capacity
- Adaptive Structuration
- Administrative Bureaucracy
- Adorno, Theodor
- Adversarial Culture
- Affinity Groups
- Affinity Spaces
- Affirmative Action
- Affluenza
- Age Cohort
- Age Discrimination
- Age Grade
- Age Stratification
- Ageism
- Ageism Advocacy
- Agency
- Agenda-Setting Theory
- Agentive Capacity
- Aggregate Opinion
- Aggregated Data
- Agonistic Pluralism
- Agrarian Society
- Algorithmic Governance
- Alienation
- Allocation of Resources
- Allocation Theory
- Alterity
- Alternative Movements
- Altruism
- Amalgamation
- Ambient Intimacy
- Ambivalence
- American Dream
- Americanization
- Amoral Familism
- Anarchism
- Androcentrism
- Anomie
- Anomie Theory
- Anthropocentrism
- Anti-Colonialism
- Anti-Essentialism
- Anti-Racism
- Anti-Semitism
- Anticipatory Socialization
- Apartheid
- Apocalypticism
- Apparatus
- Appellation
- Applied Ethics
- Applied Sociology
- Appropriation
- Arbitrary Norms
- Archetypal Narratives
- Archetype
- Archival Research
- Aristocracy
- Aristotelian Ethics
- Artifacts
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics
- Artificial Scarcity
- Ascribed Status
- Assemblage
- Assemblies of Practice
- Assimilation
- Assimilationist Ideology
- Associational Solidarity
- Associative Memory
- Asylum
- Asylum Seekers
- Asymmetrical Power
- Atavism
- Attachment Theory
- Attitudinal Formation
- Attribution Theory
- Audience Segmentation
- Authenticity
- Authoritarianism
- Authority
- Autoethnography
- Automation
- Autonomous Agency
- Autonomy
- Aversive Racism
- Awkward Intersectionality
- Axial Age
- Axial Analysis
- Axis of Oppression
- Azande Witchcraft
- Azimuth
b 57 terms
- Backlash
- Backstage Behavior
- Backward Integration
- Balance Theory
- Balanced Reciprocity
- Base
- Basic Needs Theory
- Behavior Clustering
- Behavior Control
- Behavior Genetics
- Behavior Modification
- Behavior Regulation
- Behavior-Based Discrimination
- Behavioral Analysis
- Behavioral Compliance
- Behavioral Deviance
- Behavioral Ecology
- Behavioral Economics
- Behavioral Feedback
- Behavioral Modeling
- Behavioral Norms
- Behavioral Patterns
- Behavioral Reinforcement
- Behavioral Resilience
- Behavioral Science
- Behavioral Sink
- Behavioral Stratification
- Behavioral Trends
- Behaviorism
- Belief in Progress
- Belief System
- Belonging
- Belonging
- Bifurcation
- Big Data
- Binary Gender
- Binary Opposition
- Biocentric Ethics
- Biocultural Evolution
- Bioeconomy
- Bioethics
- Biofeedback
- Biographical Disruption
- Biographical Identity
- Biographical Memory
- Biographical Narratives
- Biographical Sociology
- Biohacking
- Biological Adaptation
- Biological Agency
- Biological Citizenship
- Biological Determinism
- Biological Essentialism
- Biological Imperatives
- Biological Reproduction
- Bureaucratic Professionalism
- Bureaucratic Ritualism
c 6 terms
d 54 terms
- Democratic Equality
- Dependency Culture
- Desegregation
- Dialectical Reasoning
- Diaspora
- Differential Association
- Differential Justice
- Differential Opportunity
- Diffusion of Innovation
- Digital Citizenship
- Digital Communication
- Digital Divide
- Digital Economy
- Digital Labor
- Digital Migration
- Digital Sociology
- Digital Surveillance
- Direct Democracy
- Disability Studies
- Disaster Sociology
- Discourse Analysis
- Discrimination
- Discrimination Laws
- Discriminatory Policies
- Discriminatory Practices
- Disembeddedness
- Disempowerment
- Disenfranchisement
- Disengagement Theory
- Disintegrative Shaming
- Disparities
- Disparity Index
- Displacement
- Displacement Theory
- Dispossession
- Distributional Inequality
- Distributive Justice
- Diversity
- Division of Labor
- Documentary Methods
- Domestic Labor
- Domestic Sphere
- Domestic Violence
- Dominance Hierarchy
- Dominant Cultural Narratives
- Dominant Ideology
- Domination
- Double Consciousness
- Double Standards
- Dramaturgical Analysis
- Dual Consciousness
- Dual Labor Market
- Dynamic Equilibrium
- Dysfunction
e 28 terms
- Earning Disparities
- Ecological Systems Theory
- Economic Capital
- Economic Cycles
- Economic Dependency
- Economic Determinism
- Economic Disparities
- Economic Globalization
- Economic Growth
- Economic Indicators
- Economic Inequality
- Economic Marginalization
- Economic Migration
- Economic Mobility
- Economic Redistribution
- Economic Resilience
- Economic Structures
- Economic Sustainability
- Economic Systems
- Emotional Regulation
- Emotional Resilience
- Environmental Activism
- Environmental Racism
- Equal Pay
- Ethnic Enclave
- Ethnic Identity
- Ethnic Stereotypes
- Ethnocentrism