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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Relocation diffusion | spread of a feature or trend through the bodily movement of people from one place to another |
| Stimulus diffusion | spread of an underlying principle |
| Contagious diffusion | rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population |
| centripetal force | cultural value that tends to unify people |
| centrifugal force | cultural value that tends to pull people apart |
| creole | language that results form the mixing of a colonizers language with indigenous language of the people being dominated |
| extinct language | language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used |
| language branch | collection of languages related through a common ancestor that can be confirmed through archeological evidence |
| language family | collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history |
| language group | collection of languages within branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and displace relatively few differences in grammar and vocab |
| lingua franca | language manually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages |
| pidgin language | form of language that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of the lingua franca; used for communications among speakers of 2 different languages |
| dialect | a regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation |
| isogloss | boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predomise |
| atheism | belief that God does not exist |
| animism | belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events |
| caste | class or distinct hereditary order into which hindu is assigned, according to religious law |
| congregation | local assembly of a person brought together for common religious worship |
| denomination | division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body |
| ethnic religion | religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of a particular location in which its adherents are concentrated |
| fundamentalism | literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion |
| missionary | an individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion |
| monotheism | doctrine of or a belief in the existence of only one god |
| pilgrimage | journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes |
| polytheism | belief in or worship of more than one god |
| syncretic | combining several religious traditions |
| universalizing religion | a religion that attempts to appeal to all the people, not just those living in a particular location |
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