pattern variable (English, noun)
expansion: pattern variable (plural pattern variables)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Any of a set of contrasting pairs of characteristics said to be associated with various kinds of social interaction: affectivity – affective neutrality; self-orientation – collectivity-orientation; universalism – particularism; ascription – achievement; and specificity – diffusity.
Forms:
form: pattern variables
tags: plural