The Emergence Machine

Acquaintance

relation · Level 9 · E9

E9Cultures

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

An acquaintance is a person known slightly but not as a close friend, existing within a larger social structure that is comprised of groups of organisms.

Compare Acquaintance with…

Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Acquaintance” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

Loading senses…

Source: Wiktionary — “Acquaintance”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0AcquaintanceSocietyCommunityMammalPersonBodyCooperationGroupReproduction… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesAcquaintanceL9GroupL6MammalL7PersonL7SocietyL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Group L6 (requires) polysemous
    Understanding group is foundational to the social concept of acquaintance
  • Mammal L7 (requires)
    To understand an acquaintance as a person known slightly but not as a close friend, we need to establish that the person is a mammal, as acquaintance is a social concept that arises from the interactions of living beings.
  • Person L7 (requires)
    An acquaintance is a person known slightly but not as a close friend
  • Society L8 (requires)
    Acquaintanceship is a shallow social connection within a community