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society
  1. (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
  2. (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
  3. (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
  4. (uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
  5. (uncountable) High society.
  6. (countable, law) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The new parks and gardens will be of great benefit to society.”
      “Final exams are the evilest, cruelest, and most malicious event ever crafted by society.”
      “Spirituality and community welfare are two of the most important values for the folk of this society.”
social
  1. A festive gathering to foster introductions.
  2. (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money for a couple to be married.
  3. (Britain, colloquial) (with definite article) Abbreviation of social security, referring to the UK state welfare system, or of related terms such as Social Security Office or Social Security Benefit.
  4. (US, colloquial) Abbreviation of social security number.
  5. (dated, Ireland) A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club.
  6. (Canada) Clipping of social studies.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “There will be a social next week where our new members can introduce themselves to the rest of the group.”
socialism
  1. any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
    1. a system of social and economic equality in which there is no private property
    2. a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
  2. (Marxism) The intermediate phase of social development between capitalism and full communism in Marxist theory in which the state has control of the means of production.
    1. Any of a group of later political philosophies such democratic socialism and social democracy which do not envisage the need for full state ownership of the means of production nor transition to full communism, and which are typically based on principles of community decision making, social equality and the avoidance of economic and social exclusion, with economic policy giving first preference to community goals over individual ones.
  3. (U.S. politics, colloquial) any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, or land reform.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Under socialism or communism, producers of profit and receivers of profit are the same people.”
      “Progressivism became more important as a political movement than socialism ever did.”
      “Wilde's remarkable essay exemplified the links between aestheticism and individualist socialism.”
socialization
  1. (psychology) The process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society, said especially about children.
  2. The act of interacting with others, of being social.
  3. Taking under government control as implementing socialism.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “During primary socialization we absorb basic knowledge about our society's values, norms, folkways, and mores.”
      “The gamelan structure therefore provides an excellent scene for musical and cultural socialization.”
      “Assimilationists consider religion the site where core American values are funneled through the socialization of religion.”
socialite
  1. A person (often a woman) of social prominence, considered to be an influential figure.
  2. A person who goes to fashionable parties and is often written about in the newspapers, etc.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “His high jinks, exuberance and grandstanding were the marks of an eccentric, a playboy, a socialite.”
      “There's the fashionable socialite who boasts of having over 900 friends, among them none of whom he actually likes.”
      “But here the roles are reversed, with Susannah York's money-grabbing socialite as the teacher in matters of elocution and manners.”
sociocide
  1. The destruction of a society.
  2. Somebody who threatens society.
sociogenesis
  1. The development of social organization, such as among insects
  2. The social origin of a particular phenomenon
  3. Examples:
    1. “But the sociogenesis of the concept of responsibility is not visible in handbooks and studies of morality in the past, because almost all authors tend to project present-day language usage onto the pastg.”
      “Sociometry and sociogenesis of colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta during one annual cycle.”
sociality
  1. The character of being social; sociability
  2. The quality of an animal kind of being social.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The empathy gained by fasting is meant to socialise people into giving alms to the poor which is considered to be the very basis of sociality.”
      “The results demonstrated that the sociality of a situation potentiates respondent laughter.”
      “And since they rely on channels of sociality beyond their immediate context, chains model the idea of proselytising.”
sociotherapy
  1. A social science and form of social work involving the study of groups and individuals with the aim of improving lives and social conditions.
sociology
  1. The study of society, human social interaction and the rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups and institutions
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Professional sociology differs from its lay counterpart here in a number of ways.”
      “The lab will be available to the departments of political science, economics, sociology, women's studies and possibly others, Robinson says.”
      “The access course was in sociology, which was a subject I enjoyed, so I'm doing it here.”
sociobiology
  1. The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in both humans and animals
  2. Examples:
    1. “Behavioral ecology is a naturalistic perspective somewhat similar to sociobiology.”
      “However, evolutionary psychology differs from sociobiology in a number of fundamental ways.”
      “Identifying the communicative interactions among workers that regulate polyethism remains as a central challenge to insect sociobiology.”
sociorobotics
  1. A field of research dealing with the implications, complexities and design of the social behaviours and interactions of robots (with each other and with humans).
sociogeography
sociolect
  1. (sociolinguistics) The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The patients responses are to be considered in light of their topolect and sociolect, with respect to both pronunciation and morphosyntax.”
      “I speak with the standard middle-class sociolect and I 'belong' to the kidney-transplanted community.”
      “The translator did his best to preserve the regional-subcultural color of African American sociolect by using a Serbian regional dialect.”
sociophonetics
  1. (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying sociolinguistic aspects of speech sounds; the interaction between sociolinguistics and phonetics.
sociophysics
  1. (physics) The study of social and political behavior using tools and concepts from physics and physical chemistry.
sociophonology
  1. (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying sociolinguistic aspects of phonology; the interaction between sociolinguistics and phonology.
sociogram
  1. a graphic representation of the structure of interpersonal relations in a group situation, a depiction of the social links that a person has
  2. Examples:
    1. “This may indicate that all members feel very positively about one another, which would not be as clear from a limited choice sociogram.”
      “A sociogram reflects a moment in time, similar to a financial balance sheet, and may be hand drawn or computer generated.”
      “In this class exercise, students create a sociogram in order to understand the interpersonal dynamics of their family or in-class group.”
sociography
  1. (sociology) The branch of sociology that concentrates on the descriptive analysis of social phenomena.
sociomateriality
  1. The study of the interlinked social and material aspects of the use of technology in the workplace.
sociochemistry
  1. (chemistry) The study of the effects of chemical compounds (pheromones) on social behaviour
sociophysiology
  1. (physiology) An interdisciplinary field of research encompassing sociology and physiology
sociometry
  1. The quantitative study of social interactions, and the measurement of preferences etc.
  2. Examples:
    1. “For this reasons, in some circles the term sociometry refers to a form of therapy related to psychodrama.”
      “A simple example of applied sociometry is to have group members make a selection on the basis of a simple, non-threatening criterion.”
      “The use of sociometry in the classroom is to find the best relationships between students and to see how children see themselves within the social construct of education.”
sociogerontology
  1. A subfield of gerontology that studies the social processes of aging.
sociologist
  1. A scientist studying the field of sociology; a social scientist
  2. Examples:
    1. “Couldn't they have picked a second-rate conservative historian or sociologist for the first prize?”
      “He's married to a sociologist who teaches family studies at the University of Connecticut.”
      “All the criminologist, penologist, and sociologist can get together and talk their theories and smack about recidivism and rehabilitation.”
sociocentrism
  1. The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own social group or society.
sociopragmatics
  1. The aspect of language use that relates to everyday social practices.
sociability
  1. The skill, tendency or property of being sociable or social, of interacting well with others.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A plaintive anthem for all us wallflowers who hate the enforced sociability of parties and would rather hide out of the way close to the fridge.”
      “Other countries also believed that skiing offered more than mere exercise and sociability.”
      “The morning tea break is half an hour because this is an important time for sociability.”
sociodicy
  1. A justification (or similar discourse) of the nature of a particular society
sociolinguistics
  1. (linguistics) The study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Not all scholars are agreed on the boundaries and relationship between linguistics and sociolinguistics.”
      “Her research has focused on language, culture and identity, sociolinguistics, discourse and interaction.”
      “His publications are in the areas of sociolinguistics and linguistic media studies in German, English, and Greek.”
sociodramatics
sociogenomics
  1. (genetics) The study of the effect of the gene pool of a society on its behaviour.
socioeconomics
  1. The branch of economics that deals with social aspects.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In addition, access to quality education is constrained by imbalances in geography, socioeconomics and gender.”
      “The difficulties confronting Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia are, from the point of view of socioeconomics, roughly the same.”
      “Monitoring in TRIDOM focuses on large mammal distribution and abundance, and socioeconomics, including wildlife use and human-wildlife conflict.”
sociohistory
  1. The social aspect or aspects of a historic event or era.
socialpreneur
  1. An entrepreneur who aims to help society.
sociobiologist
  1. A biologist whose speciality is sociobiology
socializee
  1. One who is socialized or converted to socialism.
sociospace
  1. The space inhabited by a social group.
socioeconomist
sociolinguist
  1. A person who studies sociolinguistics.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Horvath is a variationist sociolinguist whose work on Australian English is internationally recognized for its comprehensiveness and methodological acuity.”
socioethnicity
socioeconomy
socialisation
  1. Alternative spelling of socialization
  2. Examples:
    1. “Chun points out that the Chinese meaning of education revolves around enculturation and socialisation.”
      “She provides a potent forum for personal reflections on reconciling one's childhood with issues of socialisation and survival.”
      “The trouble with skills training is that it is part of the socialisation process and can only be learnt through experience.”
sociopragmatist
  1. One who studies sociopragmatics.
socialist
sociodemographics
  1. social demographics
  2. Examples:
    1. “Through semi-annual interviews, researchers collected data on drug use history, sociodemographics, and drug use and sexual behavior within the last 6 months.”
sociableness
  1. The state or condition of being sociable.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The birth atmosphere in the environment of the mother-to-be and the newly born should radiate with sociableness and comfort and human warmth.”
      “By its deepest nature, education is a peaceful approach, and only in peace it can develop intelligence, sociableness and love to their highest levels.”
      “The trait of sociableness has been observed since the earliest philosophers, and reflects both man's dependence on other people for his subsistence and development, and his vocation to deeper communion.”
socialiser
  1. Alternative spelling of socializer
socie
  1. (informal) diminutive of socialist
socialness
socializer
  1. One who socializes.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the movie, Nash is seen as an arrogant but essentially charming fellow, an awkward socializer who hits on blondes.”
      “I'm not much of a socializer and I'm one of those crazy people who values their personal space.”
      “Religious, without being sectarian, and a great socializer, Harley always wore a walrus moustache.”
sociograph
sociable
  1. A sociable person
socials
  1. plural of social
  2. (British Columbia) Clipping of social studies.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Basic socials skills most children learn from their parents are not taught to children in care.”
      “Other funds came from bazaars and socials, garden sales, donations, and interest payments.”
      “It was perfectly in sync for our weddings, dances, village socials and Sunday morning hops for the waltz, fox trot or dancing.”
sociomaterialities
  1. plural of sociomateriality
sociopragmatists
  1. plural of sociopragmatist
sociobiologists
  1. plural of sociobiologist
socioeconomists
  1. plural of socioeconomist
  2. Examples:
    1. “In many cases, socioeconomists focus on the social impact of some sort of economic change.”
sociogeographies
  1. plural of sociogeography
socialisations
  1. plural of socialisation
socializations
socialpreneurs
  1. plural of socialpreneur
sociolinguists
  1. plural of sociolinguist
sociogeneses
  1. plural of sociogenesis
sociobiologies
  1. plural of sociobiology
socioeconomies
  1. plural of socioeconomy
sociohistories
  1. plural of sociohistory
sociotherapies
  1. plural of sociotherapy
sociologists
  1. plural of sociologist
  2. Examples:
    1. “In other words, this was another sensational example of what sociologists call collective delusions.”
      “But sociologists say it is a growing practice, a reflection of how Americans today are less attached to a historical, family denomination.”
      “If psychologists had a field day with the managers' pre-match mind games, sociologists can claim an interest in analysing the action itself.”
sociabilities
sociographies
  1. plural of sociography
socialisers
  1. plural of socialiser
socializees
  1. plural of socializee
socializers
sociographs
  1. plural of sociograph
sociospaces
  1. plural of sociospace
sociometries
  1. plural of sociometry
socialisms
  1. plural of socialism
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “What follows is a brief spectroscopic analysis of our varied modern socialisms.”
      “In any case, there were plenty of socialisms to choose from.”
      “There were the African socialisms of Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana and Julius Nyerere's Tanzania, the Chinese socialism of Mao Zedong, the Cuban socialism of Fidel Castro, or the Yugoslav socialism of Josip Broz Tito.”
socialists
  1. plural of socialist
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Because the socialists refused to take part in government, they forced the Radicals to rule alone or in alliance with the right.”
      “The French socialists, on the other hand, were intent on stirring up revolutionary agitation.”
      “Political groupings include former communists, socialists, agrarians, liberals, nationalists and various centrist and independent forces.”
socialites
  1. plural of socialite
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The crowd, as expected, was an interesting mix of diplomats, socialites and familiar faces from the arts, fashion and entertainment worlds.”
      “Parisian socialites traditionally were far more interested in being seen than watching the action taking place on the stage.”
      “This prestigious annual awards ceremony was attended by a dazzling array of celebrities, socialites and restaurant owners.”
sociolects
sociograms
  1. plural of sociogram
sociocides
  1. plural of sociocide
socialities
  1. plural of sociality
sociodicies
  1. plural of sociodicy
sociologies
sociables
  1. plural of sociable
  2. Examples:
    1. “None of us was pining to hold any sociables with the Malabistos.”
societies
  1. plural of society
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The ultimate impact on both societies would extend well beyond the bombed areas in highly unpredictable ways.”
      “By the end of the 17th century, new societies and academies devoted to science were founded.”
      “Academic feminism has provided a forum for Third World women to express themselves and vent their anger at their societies.”
socies
  1. plural of socie
  2. Examples:
    1. “The hiemal socies usually started the last part of December and continued until April, when the vernal socies was well established.”
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