class

1. a group, category, or division. See categorization.

2. in sociology and political theory, see social class.

3. in biological taxonomy, a main subdivision of a phylum, consisting of a group of similar, related orders.

4. in logic and philosophy, a collection of entities that have a specified property or properties in common: that is, a set defined by a condition.

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Psychology term of the day

May 10th 2024

urban legend

an incredible or lurid story, often involving a mixture of horror and humor, that is widely repeated as if true (often as the experience of a “friend of a friend”) but can never be firmly documented. Urban legends differ from myths and folktales in that they nearly always have a contemporary setting and often involve modern technology (e.g., the many such tales about microwave ovens).