#system a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
supertype: group__grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
part: hierarchy
subtype: system_of_rules__system a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"
subtype: accounting a system that provides quantitative information about finances
subtype: balance_of_payments__balance_of_international_payments a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than going out"
subtype: current_account__currentaccount that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments
subtype: discipline.system_of_rules a system of rules of conduct or method of practice; "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine" or "for such a plan to work requires discipline"
subtype: frame_of_reference a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
subtype: vocabulary.frame_of_reference the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques"
subtype: gambling_system a system of rules for placing bets that is believed to lead to winning; "he has a perfect gambling system at roulette"
subtype: government the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government"
subtype: honor_system__honorsystem a system of conduct in which participants are trusted not to take unfair advantage of others; "the students are on the honor system"
subtype: system_of_logic__logic__logical_system__logicalsystem a system of reasoning
subtype: Aristotlean_logic__Aristotelian_logic__syllogistic the syllogistic logic of Aristotle
subtype: symbolic_logic__mathematical_logic__formal_logic any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
subtype: boolean_logic__booleanlogic__boolean_algebra a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in computers
subtype: propositional_logic__propositional_calculus a branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them
subtype: predicate_calculus__functional_calculus a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions)
subtype: modal_logic a system of logic whose formal properties resemble certain moral and epistemological concepts
subtype: alethic_logic__alethiclogic the modal logic of necessity and possibility and contingency
subtype: deontic_logic__deonticlogic the modal logic of obligation and permissibility
subtype: epistemic_logic__epistemiclogic the modal logic of knowledge and uncertainty and ignorance
subtype: doxastic_logic the modal logic of belief and disbelief
subtype: fuzzy_logic__fuzzylogic a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between 0 and 1
subtype: system_of_logic_used_in_FCA
subtype: FCA_contextual_logic
subtype: FCA_contextual_judgement_logic
subtype: FCA_contextual_concept_logic
subtype: merit_system__meritsystem the system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability
subtype: point_system__pointsystem a system of evaluation (in education or industry) based on awarding points according to rules
subtype: spoils_system the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
subtype: organon a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge
subtype: program__programme a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program"
subtype: defense_program__defenseprogram__defense_policy__defensepolicy__defence_program__defenceprogram__defence_policy__defencepolicy a program for defending a country against its enemies
subtype: educational_program__educationalprogram a program for providing education
subtype: academic_program a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education)
subtype: training_program a program designed for training in specific skills
subtype: biofeedback a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them
subtype: preemployment_training_program a training program to prepare you for employment
subtype: vocational_program a program of vocational education
subtype: rehabilitation_program a program for restoring someone to good health
subtype: vocational_rehabilitation_program a program of rehabilitation through job training with an eye to gainful employment
subtype: space_program__spaceprogram a technological program intended to explore outer space
subtype: Apollo_program a program of space flights undertaken by US to land a man on the moon; "the first lunar landing was achieved by the Apollo program on July 20, 1969"
subtype: Gemini_program a program of space flights undertaken by US in 1965 and 1966; "under the Gemini program each crew had two astronauts"
subtype: Mercury_program a program of rocket-powered flights undertaken by US between 1961 and 1963 with the goal of putting a man in orbit around the earth; "under the Mercury program each flight had one astronaut"
subtype: tax_program__taxprogram__tax_policy__taxpolicy a program for setting taxes
subtype: works_program__worksprogram a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds
subtype: theological_system__theologicalsystem__theology a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology"
subtype: natural_theology__naturaltheology a theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelation
subtype: Christian_theology the teachings of Christian churches
subtype: Jesuitism__Jesuitry the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic)
subtype: ethical_code__ethicalcode__ethic a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
subtype: double_standard an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another
subtype: double_standard_of_sexual_behavior a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)
subtype: multimedia_system__multimedia transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)
subtype: hypermedia_system__hypermedia__interactive_multimedia__interactivemultimedia__interactivemultimediasystem a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together
subtype: language_system a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language
subtype: accentual_system__accentualsystem__prosodic_system the system of accentuation used in a particular language
subtype: morphophonemic_system the morphophonemics of a particular language
subtype: phonemic_system__phonemicsystem the system of phonemes recognized in a language
subtype: consonant_system__consonantsystem__consonantal_system__consonantalsystem the system of consonants used in a particular language
subtype: vowel_system__vowelsystem the system of vowels used in a particular language
subtype: phonological_system__phonologic_system the system of phones used in a particular language
subtype: tone_system__tonal_system__tonalsystem the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language
subtype: syllabicity the pattern of syllable formation in a particular language
subtype: tense_system__tensesystem a system of tenses used in a particular language
subtype: judicatory__judiciary__judicature__judicial_system the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
subtype: economic_system__economy the system of production and distribution and consumption
subtype: industrialism an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship
subtype: market_economy__free_enterprise__laissez-faire_economy__laissezfaireeconomy an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices
subtype: capitalism__capitalist_economy an economic system based on private ownership of capital
subtype: non-market_economy an economy that is not a market economy
subtype: managed_economy a non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices
subtype: socialist_economy__socialisteconomy__socialism an economic system based on state ownership of capital
subtype: communism a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership
subtype: bolshevism__collectivism__Marxism-Leninism__Leninism__Marxism__Sovietism__sovietism a form of communism based on the writings of Marx and Lenin
subtype: revisionism a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism
subtype: revisionism.bolshevism any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx
subtype: Castroism a form of communism developed in Cuba by Fidel Castro
subtype: Maoism a form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong
subtype: International any of several international socialist organizations
subtype: Nazism__Naziism__naziism__national_socialism a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism
subtype: mercantilism__mercantile_system an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
subtype: communist_economy__communisteconomy the managed economy of a communist state
subtype: state_capitalism__statecapitalism an economic system that is primarily capitalistic but there is some degree of government ownership of the means of production
subtype: state_socialism__statesocialism an economic system in which the government owns most means of production but some degree of private capitalism is allowed
subtype: ecosystem a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
subtype: social_organization__social_structure__social_system__structure the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"
subtype: feudalism__feudal_system the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war
subtype: patriarchy__patriarchate a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
subtype: matriarchy__matriarchate a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
subtype: meritocracy.social_organization a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
subtype: class_structure__classstructure the organization of classes within a society
subtype: caste_system__castesystem a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
subtype: segregation.social_organization a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
subtype: racial_segregation segregation by race
subtype: petty_apartheid__pettyapartheid racial segregation enforced primarily in public transportation and hotels and restaurants and other public places
subtype: de_facto_segregation segregation (especially in schools) that happens in fact although not required by law
subtype: de_jure_segregation segregation that is imposed by law
subtype: sex_segregation__sexsegregation__purdah the Hindu or Moslem system of keeping women secluded
subtype: machinery.system a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions; "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order"
subtype: network.system__web an intricately connected system of things or people; "a network of spies"; "a web of intrigue"
subtype: reticulum any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels)
subtype: neural_network__neural_net any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body
subtype: reticular_formation__reticularformation__RF a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone
subtype: reticular_activating_system__RAS the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
subtype: espionage_network__espionagenetwork a network of spies
subtype: support_system__supportsystem the network of people and facilities that supports you (enables you to live in a certain style)
subtype: subsystem a system that is part of some larger system
subtype: organism a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body: "the social organism"
subtype: syntax.system a systematic orderly arrangement
subtype: body.system a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"
subtype: shebang an entire system; used in the phrase "the whole shebang"
subtype: solar_system__solarsystem the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field
subtype: water_system__watersystem a river and all of its tributaries
subtype: root_system__rootage a developed system of roots
subtype: distributed_software_system
subtype: distributed_IR_system
subtype: distributed_hypertext_IR_system__distributedhypertextirsystem e.g. the WWW
subtype: WWW
subtype: Semantic_Web
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