Merton
Wimbledon's home district
Merton is a place name, most notably a borough in southwest London.
The word appears in academic contexts through Robert K.
Merton, the influential American sociologist who coined terms like "self-fulfilling prophecy" and "role model," and Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk and spiritual writer.
She's studying Merton's theory of deviance.
Study of human communities
- functionalismTheory emphasizing purposes and roles
- anomieBreakdown of shared standards
- self-fulfilling prophecyBelief causing its own realization
- unintended consequencesUnanticipated outcomes of actions
Columbia University · deviance · social structure · role model · serendipity · bureaucracy · institutionalism
Region bordering Greater London
- WimbledonPremier grass-court championship
- South LondonCapital's lower half
- suburbanOf residential outskirts
- districtBounded administrative area
municipality · council · commuter · residential · Greater London · civic · township
Monk of austere order
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
- monasticismCloistered religious living
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
- CatholicPapal church adherent
mystic · hermit · silence · prayer · solitude · interfaith dialogue · Zen · Kentucky
Historic English university town
- universityHigher education institution
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- academicRelating to education or theory
- fellowsCompanions or associates
scholars · quad · chapel · library · England · J.R.R. Tolkien · T.S. Eliot · warden
sociology
Study of human communities
- functionalismTheory emphasizing purposes and roles
- anomieBreakdown of shared standards
- self-fulfilling prophecyBelief causing its own realization
unintended consequences · Columbia University · deviance · social structure · role model · serendipity · bureaucracy · institutionalism
Surrey
Region bordering Greater London
- WimbledonPremier grass-court championship
- South LondonCapital's lower half
- suburbanOf residential outskirts
district · municipality · council · commuter · residential · Greater London · civic · township
Trappist
Monk of austere order
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
- monasticismCloistered religious living
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
Catholic · mystic · hermit · silence · prayer · solitude · interfaith dialogue · Zen · Kentucky · Abbey
Oxford
Historic English university town
- universityHigher education institution
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- academicRelating to education or theory
fellows · scholars · quad · chapel · library · England · J.R.R. Tolkien · T.S. Eliot · warden · gothic
MertonCity of London
London's original walled settlement
Westminster · central London · Mayfair · Camden · Islington