social : Idioms & Phrases


economic and social council

  • noun a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for economic and social conditions
    ECOSOC.
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economic and social council commission

  • noun a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
    ECOSOC commission.
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medical social worker

  • noun an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients
    almoner.
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social action

  • noun a social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform)
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social activity

  • noun activity considered appropriate on social occasions
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social affair

  • noun a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship
    social affair.
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social anthropologist

  • noun an anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems
    cultural anthropologist.
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social anthropology

  • noun the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society
    cultural anthropology.
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social assistance

  • noun benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law
    supplementary benefit; national assistance.
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social class

  • noun people having the same social, economic, or educational status
    socio-economic class; class; stratum.
    • the working class
    • an emerging professional class
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social climber

  • noun someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior
    climber.
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social club

  • noun a formal association of people with similar interests
    guild; club; society; gild; lodge; order.
    • he joined a golf club
    • they formed a small lunch society
    • men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
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social contract

  • noun an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection
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social control

  • noun control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
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social dancer

  • noun a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)
    dancer.
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social dancing

  • noun dancing as part of a social occasion
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social democracy

  • noun the belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means
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social democratic party

  • noun a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late 19th century; originally Marxist; now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism
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social development commission

  • noun the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with social development
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social disease

  • noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
    STD; VD; venereal infection; Cupid's disease; sexually transmitted disease; dose; Venus's curse; venereal disease; Cupid's itch.
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social drinker

  • noun someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities
    tippler.
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social event

  • noun an event characteristic of persons forming groups
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social function

  • noun a vaguely specified social event
    function; affair; social function; occasion.
    • the party was quite an affair
    • an occasion arranged to honor the president
    • a seemingly endless round of social functions
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social gathering

  • noun a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship
    social affair.
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social group

  • noun people sharing some social relation
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social insect

  • noun an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species
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social insurance

  • noun government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue
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social intercourse

  • noun communication between individuals
    intercourse.
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social lion

  • noun a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)
    lion.
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social movement

  • noun a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
    front; movement.
    • he was a charter member of the movement
    • politicians have to respect a mass movement
    • he led the national liberation front
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social occasion

  • noun a vaguely specified social event
    function; affair; social function; occasion.
    • the party was quite an affair
    • an occasion arranged to honor the president
    • a seemingly endless round of social functions
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social organisation

  • noun the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
    social organisation; social organization; social structure; structure.
    • the social organization of England and America is very different
    • sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family
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social organization

  • noun the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
    social organisation; social organization; social structure; structure.
    • the social organization of England and America is very different
    • sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family
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social phobia

  • noun 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)
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social policy

  • noun a policy of for dealing with social issues
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social process

  • noun a process involved in the formation of groups of persons
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social psychology

  • noun the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole
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social rank

  • noun position in a social hierarchy
    rank; social rank; social station.
    • the British are more aware of social status than Americans are
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social reformer

  • noun a disputant who advocates reform
    reformer; meliorist; reformist; crusader.
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social relation

  • noun a relation between living organisms (especially between people)
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Social science

  • noun the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society
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  • 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 organized community; sociology. It concerns itself with questions of the public health, education, labor, punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the like.
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social scientist

  • noun someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships
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social season

  • noun the season for major social events
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social secretary

  • noun a personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments
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social security

  • noun social welfare program in the U.S.; includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance
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social security administration

  • noun an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system
    SSA.
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social security number

  • noun the number of a particular individual's Social Security account
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social service

  • noun an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society
    welfare work.
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social station

  • noun position in a social hierarchy
    rank; social rank; social station.
    • the British are more aware of social status than Americans are
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social status

  • noun position in a social hierarchy
    rank; social rank; social station.
    • the British are more aware of social status than Americans are
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social stratification

  • noun the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group
    stratification.
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social structure

  • noun the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
    social organisation; social organization; social structure; structure.
    • the social organization of England and America is very different
    • sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family
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social system

  • noun the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
    social organisation; social organization; social structure; structure.
    • the social organization of England and America is very different
    • sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family
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social unit

  • noun an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
    unit.
    • the coach said the offensive unit did a good job
    • after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit
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social welfare

  • noun governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
    public assistance; welfare.
    • she lives on welfare
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Social whale

  • (Zoöl.), the blackfish.
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social work

  • noun any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children
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social worker

  • noun someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
    caseworker; welfare worker.
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The social evil

  • prostitution.
Webster 1913