Social Terms Dictionary

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SOCIAL TERM: Έξις / Habitus
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2
TERM TYPE: Theoretical

SOCIAL TERM: Hau-hau / Hau-hau
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
DEFINITION (1): Mauss interpretated the Maori term “hau” as “the spirit of the gift” (Mauss, 1925).
DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal
DEFINITION WRITER: Deligiannidou Maria
DEFINITION COMMENTS: Mauss explanation of... the obligation to make a return gift is that the “spirit” of the gift constrains the recipient to make a counter-gift (MacCormack 2015). MacCormack, G., 2015. “Mauss and the 'Spirit' of the Gift”. Oceania, Vol. 52 (4), pp. 286 - 293
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SOCIAL TERM: Ερμηνευτική / Hermeneutics
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
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σ.5

SOCIAL TERM: Νοικοκυριό / Household
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 4
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
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σ.20
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σσ.357-362

SOCIAL TERM: Υπόθεση / Hypothesis
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 4
TERM TYPE: Methodological
DEFINITION (1): «A testable statement about the relationship between two or more empirical variables» (Tischler, 2014,p.405).
DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal
DEFINITION WRITER: Markantonatou Maria