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  2. World - Wikipedia

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    The English word world comes from the Old English weorold.The Old English is a reflex of the Common Germanic * weraldiz, a compound of weraz 'man' and aldiz 'age', thus literally meaning roughly 'age of man'; [2] this word led to Old Frisian warld, Old Saxon werold, Old Dutch werolt, Old High German weralt, and Old Norse verĒ«ld.

  3. Types of social groups - Wikipedia

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    A reference group is a group to which an individual or another group is compared, used by sociologists in reference to any group that is used by an individual as a standard for evaluating themselves and their own behavior. More simply, as explained by Thompson and Hickey (2005), such groups are ones "that people refer to when evaluating their ...

  4. Calls for the destruction of Israel - Wikipedia

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    The aftermath of the Six-Day War intensified sentiments among certain Palestinian groups. This period witnessed heightened calls for the eradication of Israel as part of the Palestinian cause. In July 1968, amendments were made to the Palestinian National Charter. Article 15 of the charter at that time stated: “The liberation of Palestine ...

  5. New England Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The English royal charters granted land in the north to the Plymouth Company and land in the south to the London Company. England, France, and the Netherlands made several attempts to colonize New England early in the 17th century, and those nations were often in contention over lands in the New World.

  6. Snapchat - Wikipedia

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    Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc.One of the principal features of Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually only available for a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients.

  7. List of intergovernmental organizations - Wikipedia

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    Group of Seven (G7) Group of 15 (G-15) Group of 77 (G-77) Group of 24 (G24) G20; Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB) New Agenda Coalition; Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative [3] Western ...

  8. Ethnolinguistics - Wikipedia

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    Ethnolinguistics (sometimes called cultural linguistics) is an area of anthropological linguistics that studies the relationship between a language or group of languages and the cultural behavior of the people who speak those languages.

  9. Gnosticism in modern times - Wikipedia

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    Gnosticism in modern times (or Neo-Gnosticism) includes a variety of contemporary religious movements, stemming from Gnostic ideas and systems from ancient Roman society. . Gnosticism is an ancient name for a variety of religious ideas and systems, originating in Jewish-Christian milieux in the first and second centur