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homophily  

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  • Homophily is a principle of social organizing defined as people sharing similarities tending to have more social interaction. This increased social interaction with similar others drives social network distance, with more similar others tending to be closer to each other in social networks. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Networks; Homophily]

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