# Homophily **Entity class:** Social-network mechanism **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Homophily** is the tendency of similar people to connect at higher rates. It can produce clustering by identity, belief, location, occupation, or experience and can reinforce complex contagion without proving coercion or criminal purpose. ## Relationships - **shapes:** [[wiki/Social Network Analysis|Social Network Analysis]], [[wiki/Echo Chamber|Echo Chamber]], and [[wiki/Community Detection|Community Detection]]. - **relevant to:** [[wiki/Complex Contagion|Complex Contagion]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/A Network-Epidemiological Analysis of Radicalization and Real-Time Counterterrorism Observability|Network-Epidemiological Analysis]]