Definition of Social action

1. Noun. A social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform).

Generic synonyms: Social Policy
Specialized synonyms: Affirmative Action, Fence Mending

Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Action

soccers
socia
socia parotidis
sociabilities
sociability
sociable
sociable numbers
sociableness
sociablenesses
sociables
social-psychology
social-science
social Darwinism
social action (current term)
social activity
social adaptation
social adjustment
social affair
social alienation
social anthropologist
social anthropology
social behaviour
social behaviour disorders
social bookmarking
social capital

Literary usage of Social action

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

1. An Introduction to the Study of Society by Albion Woodbury Small, George Edgar Vincent (1894)
"... racial, occupational; (7) higher social intelligence and more coordinated social action; (8) more regular communication with society at large; ..."

2. The Labor Problem and the Social Catholic Movement in France: A Study in the by Parker Thomas Moon (1921)
"... Catholic social action in France, a brochure published by the Catholic Truth Society of London, being an account of a visit to the office at Rheims. ..."

3. The Labor Problem and the Social Catholic Movement in France: A Study in the by Parker Thomas Moon (1921)
"... Catholic social action in France, a brochure published by the Catholic Truth Society of London, being an account of a visit to the office at Rheims. ..."

4. Inductive Sociology: A Syllabus of Methods, Analyses and Classifications by Franklin Henry Giddings (1901)
"Thus the law of the extent and intensity of impulsive social action is as follows: — Impulsive social action tends to extend and to intensify in a ..."

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