Practice

Of activity.   May also be referred to as pattern.

A customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern".

This concept's ID is @1~2106

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  • custom 8 facts

    Accepted or habitual practice.

  • mistreatment 5 facts

    The practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his...

  • ritual 3 facts

    The prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies.

  • symbolism 2 facts

    The practice of investing things with symbolic meaning.

  • systematism 2 facts

    The habitual practice of systematization and classification.

  • pluralism 1 facts

    The practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time.

  • ornamentalism 1 facts

    The practice of ornamental display.

  • cannibalism 1 facts

    The practice of eating the flesh of your own kind.

  • careerism 1 facts

    The practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity.

  • habitude 1 facts

    Habitual mode of behavior.

  • fashion 1 facts

    Characteristic or habitual practice.

  • popery 1 facts

    Offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church.

  • ritualism 1 facts

    Exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship.

  • nudism 1 facts

    Going without clothes as a social practice.

  • one-upmanship 0 facts

    The practice of keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor.

  • modernism 0 facts

    Practices typical of contemporary life or thought.

  • occult 0 facts

    Supernatural practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult".

  • calisthenics 0 facts

    The practice of calisthenic exercises; "calisthenics is recommended for general good...

  • lobbyism 0 facts

    The practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist.

  • slavery 0 facts

    The practice of owning slaves.

  • peonage 0 facts

    The practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged.

  • quotation 0 facts

    The practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must...

  • unwritten law 0 facts

    Law based on customary behavior.

  • lynch law 0 facts

    The practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law.

  • transvestism 0 facts

    The practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite...

  • nonconformism 0 facts

    The practice of nonconformity.

  • biologism 0 facts

    Use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior.

  • cooperation 0 facts

    The practice of cooperating; "economic cooperation"; "they agreed on a policy of co...

  • featherbedding 0 facts

    The practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers...

  • formalism 0 facts

    The practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms.