Associations to the word «Merton»
Noun
- Croydon
- Wimbledon
- Oxford
- Gill
- Priory
- Eton
- Magdalen
- Warden
- Sutton
- Borough
- Sociologist
- Surrey
- Bromley
- Henchman
- Fulfilling
- Cistercian
- Logan
- Kingston
- Lennox
- Harrow
- Sociology
- Baird
- Christi
- Parsons
- Oxfordshire
- Fellow
- Professorship
- Abbey
- Puritan
- Collier
- Thesis
- Nobel
- Storey
- Thomas
- Trafalgar
- Zen
- Tutor
- Contemplation
- College
- Barnet
- Viscount
- Epsom
- Calculator
- Boyd
- Pollard
- Quad
- Monk
- Montague
- Fellowship
- Fanny
- Thames
- Spirituality
- Mitch
- Webber
- Simpson
- Mystic
- Willoughby
- Ware
- Sanford
- Bournemouth
- Plough
- Protestantism
- Laureate
- Weber
- Statute
- Comedian
- Skepticism
- Jurisprudence
- Nelson
- Vocation
- Keynes
- Corpus
- Rhodes
- Emile
- Luncheon
- Hodge
- Mills
- Marston
- Coll
- Sandra
- Catholicism
- Dysfunction
- Quadrangle
- Devon
- Eliot
- Portfolio
- Marlborough
- Hank
- Mott
- Vicar
Verb
Wiktionary
MERTON, proper noun. Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement
MERTON, proper noun. A town and borough of London.
MERTON, proper noun. Merton College, Oxford.
MERTON, proper noun. An English habitational surname from the placenames.
MERTON THESIS, noun. (sociology) A theory that significant developments in the modern world have a positive correlation with Protestant pietism, similar to Weber's link between success and Protestant ethic.
Dictionary definition
MERTON, noun. United States religious and writer (1915-1968).
MERTON, noun. United States sociologist (1910-2003).
Wise words
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