Explain the meaning of the following terms/words :
(i) Antithesis (ii) Thesis
(iii) Synthesis (iv) Variable
(v) Bureaucracy (vi) Organic Analogy
(vii) Capitalism
(ii) Thesis : Original state / theme / proposition.
(iii) Synthesis : A resultant of interaction between thesis and antithesis.
(iv) Variable : A social factor such as age, social class etc. which can be observed to affect other measures, such as income level.
(v) Bureaucracy : Type of organisation in which administration is based upon impersonal, written rules and a hierarchy of offices.
(vi) Organic Analogy : Comparison made to show a degree of similarity between living organs.
(vii) Capitalism : Free economy operating according to market forces (e.g. demand and supply etc.), private ownership (i.e. factors of production, such as land, factory, capital, means of transportation and communication etc.
