Thesaurus

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definitions of terms used in thesaurus entries

• SCOPE NOTE: explains HOW the term has been used to index items in the library database; defines the term
• USE: denotes a preferred term or phrase
• USED FOR: indicates terms or phrases that are NOT used to index items in the library database; these terms or phrases are considered synonymous with the indicated preferred term (only use "preferred terms" when searching the library database)
• BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
• NARROWER TERM: narrower or more specific terms or phrases; a subset of the indicated broader term
• RELATED TERM: a term or phrase that is conceptually or associatively linked with the indicated preferred term

Thesaurus: 1501 entries.

FAMILY VIOLENCE 

• USE

DOMESTIC ABUSE

FAMILY WAGE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A wage paid to men sufficient to support themselves and their dependents. Professional men were the intial beneficiaries but the 'family wage' was extended to unionized working class men in mass production.

• RELATED TERM(S)

FORDISM

STANDARD EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

FARMING 

• USE

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY

FASHION INDUSTRY 

• USE

CLOTHING INDUSTRY

FATHERHOOD 

• RELATED TERM(S)

FAMILIES

MOTHERHOOD

PARENTS

FATHERS (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

MEN

PARENTS

• RELATED TERM(S)

HOUSEHUSBANDS

FEMALES 

• USE

WOMEN

FEMININITY (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

SEX (PSYCHOLOGY)

• RELATED TERM(S)

WOMEN

FEMINISM (Search for related entries in the library)

• NARROWER TERM(S)

CYBERFEMINISM

ECOFEMINISM

FEMINIST THEORY

RADICAL FEMINISM

SOCIALIST FEMINISM

• RELATED TERM(S)

FEMINIST ECONOMICS

FEMINIST JURISPRUDENCE

PATRIARCHY

FEMINIST ECONOMICS (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

ECONOMICS

• RELATED TERM(S)

FEMINISM