social : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for economic and social conditions
  ECOSOC.
  

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• noun a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
  ECOSOC commission.
  

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• noun an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients
  almoner.
  

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• noun a social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform)
  

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• noun activity considered appropriate on social occasions
  

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• noun a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship
  social affair.
  

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• noun an anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems
  cultural anthropologist.
  

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• noun the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society
  cultural anthropology.
  

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• noun benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law
  supplementary benefit; national assistance.
  

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• noun people having the same social, economic, or educational status
  socio-economic class; class; stratum.
  
  • the working class
  • an emerging professional class

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• noun someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior
  climber.
  

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• noun a formal association of people with similar interests
  guild; club; society; gild; lodge; order.
  
  • he joined a golf club
  • they formed a small lunch society
  • men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

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• noun an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection
  

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• noun control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
  

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• noun a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)
  dancer.
  

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• noun dancing as part of a social occasion
  

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• noun the belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means
  

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• noun a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late 19th century; originally Marxist; now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism
  

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• noun the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with social development
  

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• noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
  STD; VD; venereal infection; Cupid's disease; sexually transmitted disease; dose; Venus's curse; venereal disease; Cupid's itch.
  

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• noun someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities
  tippler.
  

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• noun an event characteristic of persons forming groups
  

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• noun a vaguely specified social event
  function; affair; social function; occasion.
  
  • the party was quite an affair
  • an occasion arranged to honor the president
  • a seemingly endless round of social functions

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• noun a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship
  social affair.
  

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• noun people sharing some social relation
  

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• noun an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species
  

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• noun government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue
  

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• noun communication between individuals
  intercourse.
  

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• noun a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)
  lion.
  

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• noun a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
  front; movement.
  
  • he was a charter member of the movement
  • politicians have to respect a mass movement
  • he led the national liberation front

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• noun a vaguely specified social event
  function; affair; social function; occasion.
  
  • the party was quite an affair
  • an occasion arranged to honor the president
  • a seemingly endless round of social functions

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• noun the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
  social organisation; social organization; social structure; structure.
  
  • the social organization of England and America is very different
  • sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family

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• noun the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
  social organisation; social organization; social structure; structure.
  
  • the social organization of England and America is very different
  • sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family

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• noun any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc)
  

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• noun a policy of for dealing with social issues
  

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• noun a process involved in the formation of groups of persons
  

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• noun the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole
  

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• noun position in a social hierarchy
  rank; social rank; social station.
  
  • the British are more aware of social status than Americans are

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• noun a disputant who advocates reform
  reformer; meliorist; reformist; crusader.
  

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• noun a relation between living organisms (especially between people)
  

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• noun the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society
  

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• the science of all that relates to the social condition, the relations and institutions which are involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself with questions of the public health, education, labor, punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the like.

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• noun someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships
  

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• noun the season for major social events
  

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• noun a personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments
  

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• noun social welfare program in the U.S.; includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance
  

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• noun an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system
  SSA.
  

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• noun the number of a particular individual's Social Security account
  

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• noun an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society
  welfare work.
  

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• noun position in a social hierarchy
  rank; social rank; social station.
  
  • the British are more aware of social status than Americans are

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• noun position in a social hierarchy
  rank; social rank; social station.
  
  • the British are more aware of social status than Americans are

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• noun the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group
  stratification.
  

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• noun the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
  social organisation; social organization; social structure; structure.
  
  • the social organization of England and America is very different
  • sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family

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• noun the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
  social organisation; social organization; social structure; structure.
  
  • the social organization of England and America is very different
  • sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family

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• noun an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
  unit.
  
  • the coach said the offensive unit did a good job
  • after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit

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• noun governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
  public assistance; welfare.
  
  • she lives on welfare

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• (Zoöl.), the blackfish.

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• noun any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children
  

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• noun someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
  caseworker; welfare worker.
  

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• prostitution.

Webster 1913