social heritage
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Man is part of nature, product of his social heritage, culture and environment . . . and religion is deemed to consist of 'those actions, purposes and experiences which are humanly significant.'
From Time Magazine Archive
The improvements of civilization form what is called a social heritage, which must be impressed upon the original nature of each individual in order to have any effect.
From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by Pyle, William Henry
In any concrete situation the transmission of a social heritage may combine varying elements of both processes.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
The social heritage of the Negro has been described at great length and often with little regard for fact, by hundreds of writers.
From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul
Children need the Bible as a part of their social heritage.
From Religious Education in the Family by Cope, Henry Frederick
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