Belongingness
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"I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member" --Groucho Marx “Man cannot become attached to higher aims and submit to a rule if he sees nothing above him to which he belongs. To free himself from all social pressure is to abandon himself and demoralize him.” --Suicide (1897) by Émile Durkheim |
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In sociology, a group is usually defined as a collection of humans or animals, who share certain characteristics, interact with one another, accept expectations and obligations as members of the group, and share a common identity. Using this definition, society can appear as a large group.
While an aggregate comprises merely a number of individuals, a group in sociology exhibits cohesiveness to a larger degree. Characteristics that members in the group may share include interests, values, ethnic/linguistic background, and kinship ties.
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A group is a number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
Sociology
- Social groups, a description of various human groups
- Group action (sociology)
- Group affective tone
- Group attribution error
- Group behaviour
- Group cohesiveness
- Group conflict
- Group development
- Group dynamics
- Group polarization
- Group-serving bias
- Group sex
Identity groups (limited list)
- Identity group
- Friend
- Enemy
- Secular group also called secular organization
- Religious group
- Affiliation
- Cult
- Sect
- Ethnic group
- Nationality
- Insider
- Cultural group
- Mainstream
- Subculture
- Gang
- Native
- Immigrant
- Clan
- Family
- Fan
- Supporter
- Opposition
Music
Other labels used to describe groups
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