social differentiation

collocation in English

meaningsofsocialanddifferentiation

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social
adjective
uk
/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/
us
/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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differentiation
noun
uk
/ˌdɪf.ər.en.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌdɪf.ə.ren.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
the act of showing or finding difference between things that ...
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(Definition ofsocialanddifferentiationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsocial differentiation

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Much of the scholarship that addresses this question compares late nineteenth and early twentieth-century identities with pre-colonial patterns ofsocialdifferentiation.
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The rivalries that surfaced took shape according to various criteria ofsocialdifferentiation, including age, gender, wealth, and profession.
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These patterns were discovered inductively, and focused on macro-independent variables, such as class alliances,socialdifferentiation, and economic development.
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Thereafter, the results of the analysis are elaborated, noting the significance ofsocialdifferentiation and the relevance of spousal pension entitlements for respondents' risk-related attitudes.
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And yet they were clearly located in a broader agenda of spatial andsocialdifferentiationthrough cultural capital.
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Evidence forsocialdifferentiationin adverb use also emerges in research on regional varieties.
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As a result of becoming intertwined with poor law legislation they would be experienced in terms of heightenedsocialdifferentiationand consequently reinterpreted.
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This calls for an analysis ofsocialdifferentiationand a corresponding differentiation of nuances and varieties in style, breaking up its unified concept.
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They were instruments of social control as well as of cultural andsocialdifferentiation.
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They show, specifically, how the hierarchy of musical works and music producers (composers, performers) comes to function as a vehicle forsocialdifferentiationand exclusion.
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The resultingsocialdifferentiationcreated disparities in living conditions which generated a political response.
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The fact that such proscriptions arose suggests not only linguistic variation but alsosocialdifferentiation.
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The religious systems of complex societies are composed of certain suites of ritual practices that encourage social integration and others that promotesocialdifferentiation.
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It is worth speculating that the presence of these wellestablished understandings could have a bearing upon the outcome of pressures towardssocialdifferentiation.
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Consumerism registers diversity (everyone has different wants) but does not recognise the inequalities ofsocialdifferentiation.
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By contrast, "distinction" is the production ofsocialdifferentiation.
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Indeed, the current emphasis to decentralise the state's management and responsibilities may partly be an attempt to redress historical legacies that have createdsocialdifferentiationin the countryside.
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Upward social movement itself inevitably generates consequential movement ofsocialdifferentiation.
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In the hot-house of boosterism and place promotion that this encouraged, civic culture was constructed and deployed as an important tool of spatial as well associaldifferentiation.
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Yamba's work flourishes precisely where he details those matters of political economy andsocialdifferentiationhe so resolutely eschews in his analysis.
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