| social relation | a relation between living organisms (especially between people) |
coalescence
coalescency
coalition
concretion
conglutination | the union of diverse things into one body or form or group, the growing together of parts |
| 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 |
government
governing
governance
government activity
administration | the act of governing, exercising authority, regulations for the governing of state prisons, he had considerable experience of government |
| 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 |
| government building | a building that houses a branch of government |
| government office | an office where government employees work |
| government | (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed, tyrannical government |
| 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 |
politics
political science
government | the study of government of states and other political units |
humanistic discipline
humanities
liberal arts
arts | studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills), the college of arts and sciences |
| 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 |
government
authorities
regime | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit, the government reduced taxes, the matter was referred to higher authorities |
| federal government | a government with strong central powers |
| government-in-exile | a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated |
| local government | the government of a local area |
military government
stratocracy | government by the military and an army |
| government department | a department of government |
local department
department of local government | a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government |
federal department
federal office
department of the federal government | a department of the federal government of the United States |
Social Security Administration
SSA | an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system |
Government Accounting Office
GAO
United States Government Accounting Office | an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States |
puppet government
puppet state
pupet regime | a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed |
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 |
| municipal government | the government of a municipality |
| state government | the government of a state in the United States |
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 |
| Liberal Democrat Party | a political party in Great Britain, formerly the Liberal Party, advocates reforms and improvement of the conditions of working people |
| Liberal Party | a political party in Australia, Canada, and other nations, and formerly in Great Britain |
| 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 |