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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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) |
reformer reformist crusader social reformer meliorist | a disputant who advocates reform |
social anthropologist cultural anthropologist | an anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems |
social climber climber | someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior |
social scientist | someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships |
social secretary | a personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments |
social worker caseworker welfare worker | someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) |
tippler social drinker | someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities |
social process | a process involved in the formation of groups of persons |
stratification social stratification | the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group |
social station social status social rank rank | position in a social hierarchy, the British are more aware of social status than Americans are |
social contract | an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society, individual surrenders liberty in return for protection |
a venereal disease VD venereal infection social disease Cupid's itch Cupid's disease Venus's curse dose sexually transmitted disease STD | a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact |
social phobia | 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) |