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Thesaurus search results for 'UN': 94 results found.


ACCOUNTING FIRMS 

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME 

ARAB COUNTRIES (Search for related entries in the library)

CANADIAN AUTO WORKERS UNION 

CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (Search for related entries in the library)

COMMUNICATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The act of communicating news, new ideas, information or opinions through oral, written or other semiotic or symbolic means.

COMMUNICATIONS THEORY 

COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND PAPERWORKERS' UNION OF CANADA (Search for related entries in the library)

COMMUNISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A political model based on the ideal of a classless, moneyless society in which the means of production are shared and private property eschewed.

COMMUNITY CARE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Care, and an approach to care, that is located in the "community" of recipients of care. Care takes place in home settings, community clinics or community centres. There has been a push for more community based care in recent decades.

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