| 单词 | latent function |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslatent function latent function n. Sociology an unintended consequence of social actions, structures, etc., which is not recognized by the participants; cf. manifest function n. at manifest adj. and adv. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > social cause or effect in behaviour social causation1848 latent function1949 1949 R. K. Merton Social Theory i. 51 Latent functions..being those which are neither intended nor recognized. 1971 Pacific Sociol. Rev. 14 206 It seems possible that the professional staff's projection of importance of such social events to the museum membership..is a latent function of their frustrated professional aspirations. 2013 P. Marina Getting Holy Ghost ix. 252 Whatever else can be said about the manifest and latent functions for the black church, we have to remember that churches serve their followers. < as lemmas |
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