| 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 |
American Revolution
American Revolutionary War
War of American Independence
American War of Independence | the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain, - |
| 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 |
| 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) |
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 |
| 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 |
Alex Boncayao Brigade
ABB
Revolutionary Proletarian Army
RPA-ABB | an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines, formed in the s |
Fatah Revolutionary Council
Fatah-RC
Abu Nidal Organization
ANO
Arab Revolutionary Brigades
Black September
Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims | a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in , has conducted terrorist attacks incountries, in the s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group |
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 |
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia
FARC | a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party, opposed to the United States, has strong ties to drug dealers |
Revolutionary Organization November
November | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States, an active terrorist group during the s |
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 |
Revolutionary People's Struggle
ELA | an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from to , a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States |
Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus
Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei
NIPR | a clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy, responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from to |
Revolutionary United Front
RUF | a terrorist group formed in the s in Sierra Leone, seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions, responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities, sponsored by the president of Liberia |
Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Anaru
MRTA | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru, was formed in to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime, has connections with the ELN in Bolivia |
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 |
| revolutionary group | a political unit organized to promote revolution |
social organization
social organisation
social structure
social system
structure | the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships, the social organization of England and America is very different, sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family |
movement
social movement
front | a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals, he was a charter member of the movement, politicians have to respect a mass movement, he led the national liberation front |
| American Revolutionary leader | a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States |
almoner
medical social worker | an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients |
| dancer social dancer | a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball) |
lion
social lion | a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after) |