单词 | social matrix |
释义 | > as lemmassocial matrix a. The elements which make up a particular system, regarded as an interconnecting network. Frequently with distinguishing word, as political matrix, social matrix, etc. ΚΠ c1873 W. James in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. 499 Our notion of a future time with its material content forms a sort of matrix ante rem into which in its time the res fits. 1906 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 3 221 The volume [closes]..with an eloquent arraignment of the modern separation of art from its industrial, moral, religious and social matrix. 1930 Amer. Speech 5 388 The matrix of the population with whom they mingle ashore is well sprinkled with native Americans. 1951 C. McCullers Domest. Dilemma in A. Goodwyn & J. Goodwyn Love (1993) 64 Accustomed to the idle warmth of a small Southern town, the matrix of the family and cousinship and childhood friends. 1973 P. F. Lazarsfeld Main Trends in Sociol. iii. 43 Another interesting study shows that manual workers with higher education..seem better able to integrate their work into their personality matrix. 1991 Creative Camera Oct. 48/2 The depiction of a universal human condition divorced wholly from the political matrix. 1993 Archit. Rev. Jan. 49/1 The matrix of tentacle-like entrance routes draw visitors in from the surrounding streets. < as lemmas |
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