social relation | a relation between living organisms (especially between people) |
party game | a game to amuse guests at a party |
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 |
Boston Tea Party | demonstration () by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor, organized as a protest against taxes on tea |
party spirit | devotion to a political party |
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 |
party favor party favour favor favour | souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party |
party line | a telephone line serving two or more subscribers |
party wall | a wall erected on the line between two properties and shared by both owners |
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 |
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 |
social policy | a policy of for dealing with social issues |
social action | a social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform) |
party line | the policy of a political group, He won in a vote along party lines |
intercourse social intercourse | communication between individuals |
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 |
party | an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment, he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day |
birthday party | a party held on the anniversary of someone's birth |
cocktail party | an afternoon party at which cocktails are served |
house party | a party lasting over one or more nights at a large house |
tea party | a party at which tea is served |
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 |
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine DFLP Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine PDFLP | a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change, in the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren |
a Hizballah Hezbollah Hizbollah Hizbullah Lebanese Hizballah Party of God Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine Revolutionary Justice Organization Organization of the Oppressed on Earth | a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran, seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon, car bombs are the signature weapon |
Hizb ut-Tahrir Freedom Party | the most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia, advocates `pure' Islam and the creation of a worldwide Islamic state |
Islamic Group of Uzbekistan IMU Islamic Party of Turkestan | a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in , opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia, is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries |
Khmer Rouge KR Party of Democratic Kampuchea Communist Party of Kampuchea | a communist organization formed in Cambodia in , became a terrorist organization in when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people, was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until |
Kurdistan Workers Party Kurdistan Labor Pary Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan PPK | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey |
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party Revolutionary People's Liberation Front | an extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States, attacks Turkish security and military officials |
Social Security Administration SSA | an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system |
Third Reich Nazi Germany | the Nazi dictatorship under Hitler (-) |
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 |
gang crew work party | an organized group of workmen |
social gathering social affair | a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship |
party | a group of people gathered together for pleasure, she joined the party after dinner |
masquerade masquerade party masque mask | a party of guests wearing costumes and masks |