It's my first year in social sciences. I previously did one year in accounting, but I didn't like it. My glossary could be for everyone.
accounting
noun
Accounting is the systematic process of recording, organizing, analyzing, and reporting financial transactions for businesses and individuals. It translates raw financial data into, reports like balance sheets and income statements, enabling informed, strategic decision-making regarding profitability and cash flow. Key types include financial, managerial, and tax accounting.
Example: Although, drawing on discussions and observations drawn from across the organisational and functional hierarchy, many organisational members sought to use ACCOUNTING to achieve situated functionality of ACCOUNTING, it is crucially important to move on into stage III of the cost system where cost reduction and continuous improvement would ensure the profitability of products that are already matured.
fr: comptabilité
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behavior
noun
The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.
Example: Customer BEHAVIOR - there is a need to understand and relate to customers, know what they want.
fr: comportement
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beliefs
noun
Trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something.
Example: John Barrett says that "there never was a single body of BELIEFS that characterised 'neolithic religion.'" (Barrett, 1994) In fact, it could be said that the word 'religion' is entirely inappropriate.
fr: croyances
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culture
noun
Culture is the shared set of beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that define a group or society, encompassing everything from language and religion to cuisine, music, and social norms.
Example: Due to the limited scope of this review the following lines will attempt to summarize only one of the chapters, namely Sakabe Megumi's 'Mask and Shadow in Japanese CULTURE: Implicit Ontology in Japanese Thought'.
fr: culture
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diversity
noun
The state of being diverse; variety.
Example: Men are inclined to manage all that is modern, market-led and large-scale, while women usually deal with most local DIVERSITY: home gardens, non timber forest products, domestic livestock, internal organic linkages of farming systems (such as recycling of agricultural residues and manure for fodder and composting) as well as the care of the children and house.
fr: Diversité
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education
noun
The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.
Example: The capacity strengthening programme of ISNAR offers short-term learning courses on agricultural research management issues, targeting mature professionals (adults) with high EDUCATION, working on the private or public sector, mainly in developing countries.
fr: éducation
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emotion
noun
Emotions are brief, intense, and automatic reactions to internal or external events, serving as crucial signals to navigate, survive, and thrive in daily life. They consist of a combination of subjective experiences, physiological responses, and behavioral expressions. Emotions function as an internal guidance system to manage significant life events.
Example: Therefore, whilst the emphasis in 'The Lyrical Ballads' is on the perfection of the natural world, and more importantly, how transcendence may be achieved through contact with the natural world, in Blake's 'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience ' the emphasis is much less on nature and more on human EMOTION, and specifically on the purity of youth.
fr: émotion
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government
noun
The governing body of a nation, state, or community.
Example: More specifically, it is 'the transfer of decision-making authority and payment responsibility to lower levels of GOVERNMENT' (Meinzen-Dick and Knox, 1999) and can be described as 'the redefinition of structures, procedures and practices of governance to be closer to the citizenry' (Miller, 2002).
fr: gouvernement
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history
noun
The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
Example: This is also a negative element of the book, as due to Kayano's social and political context the reader is not given a balanced perspective, in this 'unabashedly partisan portrayal of the Ainu people's HISTORY.".
fr: histoire
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identity
noun
The fact of being who or what a person or thing is.
Example: The Archaeology of Death and Burial" - 1999) Mortuary analysis teaches us that sex, gender, age, cultural or ethnic IDENTITY, and various roles in the society help determine the type of burial, its associated ritual and the selection of objects buried with the dead.
fr: identité
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inequality
noun
Difference in size, degree, circumstances, etc.; lack of equality.
Example: Providing treatment that is the same can, in some situations, actually result in INEQUALITY.
fr: inégalité
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media
noun
The main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the internet) regarded collectively.
Example: Ome are legal authorities such as government publications and law textbooks, others are items of news in the popular MEDIA, and others are technical journals and documents.
fr: média
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motivation
noun
Motivation is the internal or external drive that initiates, guides, and sustains goal-oriented behaviors. It acts as a force that converts needs, desires, or goals into action, often stemming from biological, emotional, social, or cognitive factors. Key types include intrinsic (internal) and extrinsic (external) motivation.
Example: Communication at the farm is very important as without it work may not be completed or tasks maybe carried out the wrong way, this will all lead to a lack in MOTIVATION.
fr: motivation
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psychology
noun
The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.
Example: However despite the clarity and precision of the image, Aldington's poem displays little real emotion or PSYCHOLOGY.
fr: psychologie
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revolution
noun
A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.
Example: Before showing us her findings Scott gives us a little bit of background on sexual revolutions and queries whether the use of the term 'REVOLUTION' is still apt.
fr: révolution
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rights
noun
Rights are fundamental legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom and entitlement, defining what individuals are allowed to do or owed by others. They ensure treatment based on dignity and equality, protecting people from discrimination and unjust actions by governments or organizations. Key rights include life, liberty, and freedom of expression.
Example: However, it is unacceptable for the government to protect the development of the society and economy by depriving or destroying their people's social and economic interests and RIGHTS.
fr: droits
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social sciences
noun
The scientific study of human society and social relationships.
Example: Qualitative Research Methods for the SOCIAL SCIENCES .
fr: sciences sociales
society
noun
A society is a large, organized group of people who live together in a shared territory, interacting regularly and following common laws, customs, and cultural expectations.
Example: A year after the accession, according to 'Gazeta Wyborcza' survey, Polish farmers seemed to be the happiest segment of the SOCIETY, looking with trust into future.
fr: Société
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teacher
noun
A person who teaches, especially in a school.
Example: We would need to know more about the circumstances of the complaint and Y's relationship with this TEACHER.
fr: professeur
tradition
noun
the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.
Example: For that reason we can call magic and its relation to pollution a social fact since it is "determined by the body of custom transmitted within the social TRADITION".
fr: tradition
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