APA Dictionary of Psychology

class

Updated on 04/19/2018
n.
  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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