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society
[ suh-sahy-i-tee ]
noun
- an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- a body of individuals living as members of a community; community.
- the body of human beings generally, associated or viewed as members of a community:
the evolution of human society.
- a highly structured system of human organization for large-scale community living that normally furnishes protection, continuity, security, and a national identity for its members:
American society.
- such a system characterized by its dominant economic class or form:
middle-class society;
industrial society.
- those with whom one has companionship.
- companionship; company:
to enjoy the society of good friends.
Synonyms:
- the social life of wealthy, prominent, or fashionable persons.
- the social class that comprises such persons.
- the condition of those living in companionship with others, or in a community, rather than in isolation.
- Biology. a closely integrated group of social organisms of the same species exhibiting division of labor.
- Ecclesiastical. ecclesiastical society.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of elegant society:
a society photographer.
society
/ əˈɪəɪ /
noun
- the totality of social relationships among organized groups of human beings or animals
- a system of human organizations generating distinctive cultural patterns and institutions and usually providing protection, security, continuity, and a national identity for its members
- such a system with reference to its mode of social and economic organization or its dominant class
middle-class society
- those with whom one has companionship
- an organized group of people associated for some specific purpose or on account of some common interest
a learned society
- the privileged class of people in a community, esp as considered superior or fashionable
- ( as modifier )
a society woman
- the social life and intercourse of such people
to enter society as a debutante
- companionship; the fact or state of being together with someone else
I enjoy her society
- ecology a small community of plants within a larger association
Other Word Forms
- ··ٲ· adjective
- t···ٲ adjective
- ԴDzȴ··ٲ noun plural nonsocieties
- ܲs·e·ٲ noun plural subsocieties
- ܲd··e·ٲ noun plural undersocieties
Word History and Origins
Origin of society1
Word History and Origins
Origin of society1
Idioms and Phrases
see under mutual admiration society .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Similarly, in Ryan Coogler’s new movie “Sinners” — which is set in the Mississippi Delta back in 1932 — it was the people society ignored the most who first gave warning to the masses.
“I’m thinking about reckoning, trying to untangle the roots of racism and systemic factors in this country that are so embedded and baked in our society.”
Stars from the reality television show Love On The Spectrum went on the defensive after Robert F Kennedy Jr commented that people with autism make limited contributions to society.
Not at himself, of course, but at us, at society as a whole, for allowing him to get to this point.
And that baseline, grounded both in Constitutional history and modern economic theory, is a fundamental requirement of a just society.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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