Pavel was browsing in a crowded downtown second-hand bookstore while visiting New York City for the first time. It occurred to him that, even though he didn't know anyone in the store, all the people who were there nonetheless had at least one thing in common. What do sociologists call this?

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A social category is a collection of people who share a particular characteristic but may not interact or identify as a group. In this case, the people in the bookstore are all individuals who enjoy browsing second-hand books, which qualifies as a shared characteristic.

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