social relation | a relation between living organisms (especially between people) |
social dancing | dancing as part of a social occasion |
welfare work social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
social activity | activity considered appropriate on social occasions |
social welfare welfare public assistance | governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need, she lives on welfare |
social insurance | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people, financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue |
supplementary benefit social assistance national assistance | benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law |
Social Security | social welfare program in the U.S., includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance |
social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
social work | any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children |
social insect | an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species |
social psychology | the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole |
social science | the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society |
social anthropology cultural anthropology | the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society |
dialect geography linguistic geography | the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features |
social democracy | the belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means |
Social Security number | the number of a particular individual's Social Security account |
dialect atlas linguistic atlas | an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features |
social policy | a policy of for dealing with social issues |
social action | a social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform) |
Mandarin Mandarin Chinese Mandarin dialect Beijing dialect | the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China |
Wu Wu dialect Shanghai dialect | a dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta |
Yue Yue dialect Cantonese Cantonese dialect | the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China |
Min Min dialect Fukien Fukkianese Hokkianese Amoy Taiwanese | any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province |
Hakka Hakka dialect | a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the Hakka |
Gheg Gheg dialect | the dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia |
Tosk Tosk dialect | the dialect of Albanian spoken in southern Albania and in areas of Greece and Italy |
Flemish Flemish dialect | one of two official languages of Belgium, closely related to Dutch |
Turfan East Tocharian Turfan dialect | a dialect of Tocharian |
Kuchean West Tocharian Kuchean dialect | a dialect of Tocharian |
Attic Ionic Ionic dialect Classical Greek | the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia |
Aeolic Aeolic dialect Eolic | the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis |
Arcadic Arcadic dialect | the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians |
Doric Doric dialect | the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris |
intercourse social intercourse | communication between individuals |
dialect idiom accent | the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people, the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English, he has a strong German accent, it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy |
eye dialect | the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker |
social event | an event characteristic of persons forming groups |
affair occasion social occasion function social function | a vaguely specified social event, the party was quite an affair, an occasion arranged to honor the president, a seemingly endless round of social functions |
social group | people sharing some social relation |
class stratum social class socio-economic class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status, the working class, an emerging professional class |
Social Security Administration SSA | an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system |
unit social unit | an organization regarded as part of a larger social group, the coach said the offensive unit did a good job, after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit |
club social club society guild gild lodge order | a formal association of people with similar interests, he joined a golf club, they formed a small lunch society, men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today |
social gathering social affair | a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship |
sociable social mixer | a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity |
Social Democratic Party | a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late th century, originally Marxist, now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism |
Economic and Social Council ECOSOC | a permanent council of the United Nations, responsible for economic and social conditions |
Economic and Social Council commission ECOSOC commission | a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations |
Social Development Commission | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with social development |