society
Definitions
- society, social order
- A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
- high society
- A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
- the attitude of taking an active part in events, especially in a social context. — activist, n.
- community
- The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
- an abnormal fear of people, especially in groups.
- company, firm, corporation
- The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
- a dedication to aristocratie behavior.
- association, partnership
- High society.
- the attitudes and actions of aristocrats.
- A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.
- a society or nation ruled by a person with absolute authority. — autocrat, n. — autocratie, adj.
- In England. the aristocracy that gained its wealth and social posi-tion from the ownership of breweries.
- a Utopian society in which all foods and other material needs will be prepared by chemical processes. — chemocrat, n.
- an upper class based on wealth. Also chrysoaristocracy.
- the area of political science concerned with citizenship.
- a brotherhood, especially a group of men bound by a common goal or interest.
Equivalents
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Azərbaycan dilicəmiyyət
བོད་སྐད།སྤྱི་ཚོགས
Bosanskidruštvodružbadžematkružoknarodopštastvosindikatudrugaudruženjeдруштвокружокнародопштаствоудругаудружењеџемат
Catalàsocietat
Cymraegcymdeithas
Dansksamfund
Eestiühiskond
Euskaragizarte
ગુજરાતીસમાજ
Hausajam'iyya
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiʻahahui
עבריתחברה
Hrvatskidruštvodružbadžematkružoknarodopštastvosindikatudrugaudruženjeдруштвокружокнародопштаствоудругаудружењеџемат
Igboọha
ქართულისაზოგადოება
ລາວສັງຄົມ
Lietuviųvisuomenė
Te Reo Māorirōpū
മലയാളംസമൂഹം
Монголнийгэм
मराठीसमाज
नेपालीसमाज
پښتوټولنه
සිංහලසමාජ
Slovenčinaspoločnosť
Slovenščinadružba
Shqipshoqëri
Српскиdruštvodružbadžematkružoknarodopštastvosindikatudrugaudruženjeдруштвокружокнародопштаствоудругаудружењеџемат
தமிழ்சமூகம்
Türkmençejemgyýet
ئۇيغۇرچەجەمئىيەت
Examples
“This society has been known for centuries for its colorful clothing and tight-knit family structure⟳.”
“He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record⟳.”
“It was then that they decided to found a society of didgeridoo-playing unicyclists.”
“At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own⟳ select⟳ circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.”
“The Stephenson Locomotive Society (North Western Area) and the Manchester Locomotive Society are co-operating in running a special corridor train⟳, to be worked by an 0-6-0 locomotive of the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, on Saturday, May 12, over a route which includes visits to four historic stations, ascent of the 1 in 27 Werneth Incline, and traversal of lines normally closed to passenger traffic.”
“The gap between Western and Eastern societies seems to be narrowing.”
“Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have⟳ every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take⟳ jobs in the private sector.”
“Our global society develops in fits and starts.”
“If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move⟳ society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars:[…].”
“Libertarian paternalism is the view⟳ that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose⟳, society should present⟳ options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make⟳ choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have⟳ chosen if they were in control⟳.”
“Smith was first introduced into society at the Duchess of Grand Fenwick's annual rose garden party.”
“"What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like⟳ dancing after all. I consider⟳ it as one of the first refinements of polished society."”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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