a social convention
1social convention — Synonyms and related words: bon ton, conformity, consuetude, convention, custom, established way, etiquette, fashion, folkway, manner, manners, mores, observance, practice, praxis, prescription, proper thing, ritual, standard behavior, standard… …
2National Democratic and Social Convention — The National Democratic and Social Convention (French: Convention national démocratique et sociale) is a political party in Chad. At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats …
3Democratic and Social Convention — The Democratic and Social Convention Rahama (French: Convention démocratique et sociale Rahama, CDS Rahama) is a political party in Niger. It was founded in January 1991. In the 1993 presidential election, the party s leader, Mahamane Ousmane,… …
4Social constructionism — and social constructivism are sociological and psychological theories of knowledge that consider how social phenomena develop in particular social contexts. Within constructionist thought, a social construction (social construct) is a concept or… …
5social — social, iale, iaux [ sɔsjal, jo ] adj. • 1557; « agréable aux autres » 1506; « associé » 1352; lat. socialis « sociable, relatif aux alliés », de socius « compagnon » I ♦ 1 ♦ (répandu XVIIIe) Relatif à un groupe d individus, d hommes, conçu comme …
6Social semiotics — is a branch of the field of semiotics which investigates human signifying practices in specific social and cultural circumstances, and which tries to explain meaning making as a social practice. Semiotics, as originally defined by Ferdinand de… …
7Convention (norm) — A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted standards, norms, social norms or criteria, often taking the form of a custom. Certain types of rules or customs may become law and regulatory legislation may be introduced to… …
8convention — noun 1 way sth is done ADJECTIVE ▪ accepted, established, long standing, old, traditional, well established ▪ It s an established convention that the part is played by a woman. ▪ …
9convention — Synonyms and related words: Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran Council, NATO, SEATO, Vatican Council, accord, agreement, alliance, amenities, arrangement, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, audience, ball, bargain, bargaining,… …
10Social Choice and Individual Values — Kenneth Arrow s monograph Social Choice and Individual Values (1951, 2nd ed., 1963) and a theorem within it created modern social choice theory, a rigorous melding of social ethics and voting theory with an economic flavor. Somewhat formally, the …
