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Definition of Social

1. Adjective. Relating to human society and its members. "Social legislation"

2. Noun. A party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity.

3. Adjective. Living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups. "Mature social behavior"

4. Adjective. Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society. "The society page"

5. Adjective. Composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability. "A social director"

6. Adjective. Tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind. "Ants are social insects"

7. Adjective. Marked by friendly companionship with others. "A social cup of coffee"

Definition of Social

1. a. Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties.

Definition of Social

1. Noun. A festive gathering to foster introductions. ¹

2. Noun. (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money for a couple to be married. ¹

3. Noun. (British slang) Short for social security benefit, the UK government department responsible for administering such welfare benefit(,) for its employees. ¹

4. Noun. (American English) Short for social security number. ¹

5. Adjective. Being extroverted or outgoing. ¹

6. Adjective. Of or relating to society. ¹

7. Adjective. (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks. ¹

8. Adjective. (rare) Relating to a nation's allies (cf. the Social War) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Social

1. a friendly gathering [n -S]

Medical Definition of Social

1. 1. Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties. "Social phenomena." 2. Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person. 3. Consisting in union or mutual intercourse. "Best with thyself accompanied, seek'st not Social communication." (Milton) 4. Naturally growing in groups or masses; said of many individual plants of the same species. 5. Living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees. Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians. Social science, the science of all that relates to the social condition, the relations and institutions which are involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member of an organised community; sociology. It concerns itself with questions of the public health, education, labour, punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the like. Social whale, the blackfish. The social evil, prostitution. Synonym: Sociable, companionable, conversible, friendly, familiar, communicative, convival, festive. Origin: L. Socialis, from socius a companion; akin to sequi to follow: cf. F. Social. See Sue to follow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Social

soccering soccerlike soccerplex soccerplexes soccers socia socia parotidis sociabilities sociability sociable

sociable numbers sociableness sociablenesses sociables social-psychology social-science social Darwinism social action social activity social adaptation

social adjustment social affair social alienation social anthropologist social anthropology social behaviour social behaviour disorders

Literary usage of Social

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"All that promoted the refinement and culture of the people, all that exercised the most powerful influence in moulding their social spirit, ..."

2. Outline of Practical Sociology: With Special Reference to American Conditions by Carroll Davidson Wright (1901)
"I; WDP Bliss, The Encyclopaedia of social Re- form ; WH Tolman and WI Hull, Hand-booh of Sociological Information; }. HW Stuckenberg, Introduction to the ..."

3. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group by William Isaac Thomas, Florian Znaniecki (1919)
"INTRODUCTION The problem of the present volume is the application of the methods of social psychology to an evolving human personality. ..."

4. Principles of Economics by Henry Rogers Seager (1917)
"PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS CHAPTER I RISE OF MODERN INDUSTRY IN ENGLAND §. Economics, or political economy, is the social science Definition which ..."

5. Catholic Socialism by Francesco Saverio Nitti (1895)
"Ancient socialism and Modern Writers—social Conflicts of Antiquity and socialism—socialism and Democracy are Modern Phenomena—Ancient Democracies—Terms of ..."

6. Introduction to Rural Sociology by Paul Leroy Vogt (1922)
"INTRODUCTION TO RURAL SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION RURAL social ORGANIZATION THE practical value of modern attempts to reduce the laws of social ..."

7. The Community Survey in Relation to Church Efficiency: A Guide for Workers by Charles Eden Carroll (1915)
"THE SCRIPTURAL CONCEPTION CHRISTIANITY was born with a social vision. The modern interpretation of that vision is social service, which is but the modern ..."

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