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Adaptive Funeral Rite
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A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly involved; one that has been altered to suit the trends of the times.
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Bureaucratization
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The creation of a system that governs through departments and subdivisions managed by sets of officials following an inflexible routine.
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Contemporary
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Living or happening in the same period
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Cultural Relativism
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The emotional attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent
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Culture
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Consists of abstract patterns (the rules, ideas, beliefs shared by members of society) for living and dying; learned directly or indirectly.
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Demographic
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Pertaining to demography; the science of vital statistics(births, deaths, mariages, ets.) of populations
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Egalitarian
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Male and female have equal rights, duties and governing power
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Enculturation (Socialization)
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The method by which social values are internalized (learned)
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Ethnic
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Any of the basic divisions or groups of mankind, distinguished by customs, characteristics, language, rather than physical characteristics of race.
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Folkways
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Behaviors that are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society, and do not call for a strong reaction from the society if violated
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Funeralization
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A process involving all activities associated with final disposition
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Humanistic Funeral Rite
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A funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious connotation
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Industrialization
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Individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacture of goods utilizing mass production techniques
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Mores
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Must-behavior; the basic and important patterns of ideas and acts of a people as related to treatment of the dead which call for a strong reaction from the society if violated
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Neo-traditional Funeral Rite
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A funeral rite that deviates from the normal or prescribed circumstances of established custom.
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