GC: n S: EPA – https://bit.ly/2Rlqj32 (last access: 12 April 2019); SD – https://bit.ly/2sO8DBh (last access: 12 April 2019). N: 1. 1905, blend of smoke and fog, formed “after Lewis Carrol’s example” (Klein; see portmanteau). Reputedly coined in reference to London, and first attested there in a paper read by
GC: n S: NatGeo – https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/facts/snakes-1 (last access: 7 September 2024); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/snake (last access: 7 September 2024). N: 1. Middle English snake, “a long, limbless reptile,” from Old English snaca, from Proto-Germanic *snakon (source also of Old Norse snakr “snake,” Swedish snok, German Schnake “ring snake”), from PIE
GC: n S: https://books.google.com/books?id=FRREP4qhdDoC (last access: 26 March 2015) N: 1. a person who shoots at another person from a hidden place. The soldiers were attacked by a sniper. — often used before another noun: a sniper attack. snipe (v.): “shoot from a hidden place,” 1773 (among British soldiers in
GC: n S: http://www.jedburghgs.co.uk/personal-and-social-education.html (last access: 22 October 2013); http://www.socialstudies.org/publications/socialeducation (last access: 2 September 2014). N: Most social education is based on a single rationale without sufficient concern for its limitations. This results in a great deal of mindless and narrow instruction. S: http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_198205_stanley.pdf (last access: 29 July 2015) SYN:
GC: n S: Forbes – http://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2012/09/30/28-award-winners-highlight-innovation-in-social-entrepreneurship/ (last access: 30 October 2012); SSIR – https://ssir.org/articles/entry/social_entrepreneurship_the_case_for_definition (last access: 8 October 2024). N:- social (adj): early 15c., “devoted to or relating to home life;” 1560s as “living with others,” from French social (14c.) and directly from Latin socialis “of companionship, of allies; united,
GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/cbsc/index_42352.html (last access: 23 April 2013); http://psychology.about.com/od/socialinfluence/ (last access: 2 September 2014). N: 1. Social influence is the change in behavior that one person causes in another, intentionally or unintentionally, as a result of the way the changed person perceives themselves in relationship to the
GC: n S: UNESCO – http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0006/000695/069549eo.pdf (last access: 25 April 2013); http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/social-interactions-definition-types-quiz.html#lesson (last access: 2 September 2014). N: In sociology, social interaction is a dynamic, changing sequence of social actions between individuals or groups. S: https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/social-interaction-5/understanding-social-interaction-50/understanding-social-interaction-314-5912/ (last access: 25 August 2015) SYN: S: CR: social education
GC: n S: http://www.advocate-for-children.org/advocacy/important_concepts_social_justice/start (last access: 6 March 2013); https://sipa.fiu.edu/resources/internships/humanitarian-socialjustice/ (last access: 2 September 2014). N: 1. Social justice is defined as “… promoting a just society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity.” It exists when “all people share a common humanity and therefore have a right to equitable treatment,
GC: n S: ILO – http://goo.gl/GmhwsJ (last access: 10 January 2016); ILO – http://goo.gl/hIW1ex (last access: 10 January 2016). N: 1. social (adj): late 15c., “devoted to or relating to home life;” 1560s as “living with others,” from Middle French social (14c.) and directly from Latin socialis “of companionship, of
GC: n S: http://www.socialserviceseurope.eu/ (last access: 6 March 2013); https://www.gov.uk/apply-needs-assessment-social-services (last access: 2 September 2014). N: 1. Benefits and facilities such as education, food subsidies, health care, and subsidized housing provided by a government to improve the life and living conditions of the children, disabled, the elderly, and the poor
GC: n S: http://differenceandsolidarity.org/ (last access: 26 April 2013); http://theory.routledgesoc.com/category/profile-tags/social-solidarity (last access: 2 September 2014). N: 1. Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) was primarily interested in what holds society together when it is made up of people with specialized roles and responsibilities. In The Division of Labor in Society, Durkheim provides an
GC: n S: UNESCO – https://en.unesco.org/inclusivepolicylab/e-teams/perspectives-experts-lived-experiences-social-work (last access: 4 June 2020); NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29140502/?from_term=SOCIAL+WORKER&from_pos=1 (last access: 4 June 2020). N: 1. It´s necessary to analyze both words, “social” and “worker”, in an independent way. – The adjective “social” comes directly from Latin socialis “of companionship, of allies; united, living with others; of
GC: n S: Hammertech – http://www.hammertechltd.com/blog/what-is-rat-bite-fever (last access: 3 June 2016); NIH – https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001348.htm (last access: 3 June 2016). N: 1. From Japanese so (rat) and doku (poison). 2. Rat bite fever is a disease which can be caused by two types of bacteria. It is infectious and usually caught from
GC: n S: http://www.cdc.gov/safewater/solardisinfection.html (last access: 12 April 2013); http://jmm.sgmjournals.org/content/48/9/785.full.pdf (last access: 2 September 2014). N: 1. Solar disinfection (SODIS) was developed in the 1980s to inexpensively disinfect water used for oral rehydration solutions. In 1991, the Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology began to investigate and implement
GC: n S: NSF – https://goo.gl/kgqv3P (last access: 17 November 2016); NCBI – https://goo.gl/6yn5eM (last access: 17 November 2016). N: 1. Borrowing from French somnambulisme. From Latin somnus which means “sleep”, and ambulare, which means “to walk”. 2. Somnambulism is a behavioral disorder of sleep in which a person sits
GC: n S: HU – https://goo.gl/4QVm2v (last access: 2 December 2016); VW – https://goo.gl/5SCr9r (last access: 2 December 2016). N: 1. Late 14th century, from Old French sompnolence, from latin somnolentia “sleepiness”, from somnolentus, from somnus “sleep”. 2. Difficulty in maintaining the wakeful state so that the individual falls asleep
GC: n S: NatGeo – https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/south-pole/ (last access: 20 July 2024); NOAA – https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/antuv/SouthPole.jsp (last access: 20 July 2024). N: 1. – south (adv): Old English suþ “southward, to or toward the south, southern, in the south,” from Proto-Germanic *sunthaz, perhaps literally “sun-side” (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian
GC: n S: EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/event/influenza-pandemic-of-1918-1919 (last access: 2 October 2015); NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725954/ (last access: 30 July 2014). N: 1. influenza pandemic of 1918–19, also called Spanish influenza pandemic or Spanish flu, the most severe influenza outbreak of the 20th century and, in terms of total numbers of deaths,