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noun Sociology.
any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is unintentional and often unrecognized.
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Origin of latent function
First recorded in 1945â50
Words nearby latent function
late-night, latensify, latent, latent ambiguity, latent content, latent function, latent heat, latent image, latent learning, latent period, latent root
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