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Myth | an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution. |
Community | a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage. |
Archetype | the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype. |
Race | a group of tribes or peoples forming an ethnic lineage or any people united by common history, language, cultural traits, etc.he human race or family; humankind: Nuclear weapons pose a threat to the race. |
Culture | the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group: the youth culture; the drug culture. |
Class | a group of students meeting regularly to study a subject under the guidance of a teacher: The class had arrived on time for the lecture or the members of a given group in society, regarded as a single entity. |
Assimilation | the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation, or the state of being so adapted: assimilation of immigrants into American life. |