SOCIETY

Society

A society, or a human society, is a group of people involved with each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Human societies are characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent members. In the social sciences, a larger society often evinces stratification and/or dominance patterns in subgroups.

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society

Noun

  1. A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
  2. A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
  3. The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
  4. The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
  5. High society.
  6. A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.


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