The Emergence Machine

Household

abstract · Sociology · Level 8 · E11

E11Organizations

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.

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Emergence definition

household emerges from family. It requires society, space.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
household
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0HouseholdFamilyGroupReproductionAnimalGoal… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesClosetL9HouseholdL8FamilyL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Family L7 (foundational) Sociology sense
    Family provides the foundational basis for understanding household.

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