My name is Noémie, I am 19 years old. I am studying in Social Sciences since August 2024, at CEGEP de Sherbrooke, and I will graduate in December 2026. When I have my diploma, I will go to the university. I want to be a social worker, or a criminologist. I want to understand and help people.
alienation
noun
A state of depersonalization or loss of identity in which the self seems unreal, thought to be caused by difficulties in relating to society and the resulting prolonged inhibition of emotion.
Example: Domination, first by a foreign power and then by an elite, leads to poverty and ALIENATION.
en: aliénation
collectivism
noun
The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.
Example: The political system is based on principles of COLLECTIVISM.
en: collectivisme
conformism
noun
Compliance with standards, rules, or laws.
Example: The corporation's strict culture of CONFORMISM demanded that all employees wear identical uniforms and follow rigid protocols.
en: conformisme
culture
noun
The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
Example: Other variables such as CULTURE, history, age, gender, attitudes to nature, and building type were tested.
en: culture
deviance
noun
The fact or state of departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior.
Example: Although the major theoretical explanations are covered in the numerous introductions to the sociology of crime and DEVIANCE and to sociology generally, some review of these theories is necessary before embarking upon an examination of specific, substantive examples of criminal behaviour.
en: déviance
discrimination
noun
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability.
Example: The "myth" of sexual equality in China had been shattered during the reform decade with women facing DISCRIMINATION in the workplace on a greater scale.
en: discrimination
identity
noun
The fact of being who or what a person or thing is.
Example: In middle age he has experienced a breakdown, an IDENTITY crisis, which followed a long illness and an operation.
en: identité
ideology
noun
A system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
Example: In a sense, our usage of the terms "way of life" and "IDEOLOGY" are indicative of this: we have used them as conceptual opposites.
en: idéologie
individualism
noun
A social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control.
Example: In short, when we hear of a peaceful society, we are likely to envision a society that is somehow the antithesis of the self - absorbed INDIVIDUALISM of the modern urban - industrial world.
en: individualisme
institution
noun
A society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose.
Example: The case reveals the extent to which the church as an INSTITUTION was coupled with the nation.
en: institution
prejudice
noun
Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
Example: I have no argument, an objector would say, just a PREJUDICE.
en: préjugé
social group
noun
Consists of two or more people who interact regularly, share similar characteristics, and possess a common sense of unity or identity.
Example: A norm is very much a general term, it is an expected standard of behaviour shared by members of a SOCIAL GROUP.
en: groupe social
social inequalities
noun
An unfair situation in which some people have more rights or better opportunities than other people.
Example: These circumstances, in turn, have contributed to, or exacerbated, the major development challenges of the 21 st century, including widespread poverty, disease epidemics, conflict over resources and the deep SOCIAL INEQUALITIES and hardships faced by many of the world's poor.
en: inégalités sociales
social interaction
noun
The process of reciprocal, dynamic, and often symbolic communication between two or more individuals (or groups) where actions influence, and are influenced by, others.
Example: Parent - child relationships, and the boss - follower toyakata - kogata ) relationship widespread in the economy of earlier times, were fundamental axes of SOCIAL INTERACTION.
en: interaction sociale
social norm
noun
The shared, often unwritten rules, beliefs, and expectations that guide behavior within a group or society.
Example: All have accepted the SOCIAL NORM, which they would use to condemn others and by which they would not wish to be condemned.
en: norme sociale
social role
noun
A set of expected behaviors, obligations, rights, and norms associated with a specific position or status in society.
Example: Thus, informal admissions were characterized by a combination of mental ill health and transgression of traditional SOCIAL ROLE expectations.
en: rôle social
social status
noun
An individual's relative rank, prestige, or standing within a social hierarchy, determining their level of respect, influence, and access to resources.
Example: Retirement usually brings with it not only the loss of the largest single activity in which people have engaged, but also a massive drop in income, standard of living and SOCIAL STATUS.
en: statut social
socialization
noun
The lifelong sociological process through which individuals learn and internalize the norms, values, behaviors, and social skills necessary to function as proficient members of a society.
Example: Peasant revolution could achieve the immediate "SOCIALIZATION" of the land and abolition of private ownership in preparation for the ultimate transition to socialist production.
en: socialisation
stereotype
noun
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Example: When applied to women universally this becomes a STEREOTYPE, overgeneralised and just a step away from the sexist argument that women are "naturally" caring.
en: stéréotype
value
noun
The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.
Example: Here, "symptomatic" reading is central: the literary text does not offer aesthetic or moral VALUE, but is to be interrogated for its ideological implications.
