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From: What is a social pattern? Rethinking a central social science term

Term Number of items
Social 469,057
Society 339,562
Class/es 282,882
Structure/s 267,935
Pattern/s 217,603
Interaction/s 146,834
Network/s 132,302
Norm/s 112,672
Charisma 7,531
Anomie 7,166

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