单词 | social group |
释义 | > as lemmassocial group social group n. a number of individuals associated or aggregated together to a greater or lesser degree, either because they share certain features, as class, ethnicity, etc., or (esp. Social Sciences) because they are bound together by patterns of interaction. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > [noun] > social group social group1831 group1845 sociogroup1947 1831 tr. J. W. von Goethe in Times 15 Nov. 2/5 Incidents of every kind; individual character and social groups,—are all treated with the same clear perception, the same easy unaffected grace. 1856 ‘G. Eliot’ in Westm. Rev. 10 70 The study of at least one social group—namely, the factory operatives. 1924 H. E. Barnes Sociol. & Polit. Theory iv. 53 From the earliest days the ‘process of history’ has consisted chiefly in the struggle between social groups for the advancement of their economic interests. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) VI. 255/2 If points represent people and lines their interrelationships, then a graph may be used to depict the structure of a social group. 2001 C. Kelly Russ. Lit. v. 80 Intellectual life expanded to include a much broader range of social groups, in particular ambitious male provincials from the middle ranks of Russian society. < as lemmas |
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