social1 adjectivesocial2 noun
socialso‧cial1 /ˈsəʊʃəl $ ˈsoʊ-/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective 
WORD ORIGINsocial1
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin socialis, from socius ‘someone you spend time with’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- social changes that brought women even greater freedom
- demands for social change
- Elephants are social animals.
- Governments have made efforts to improve women's social and economic status.
- Rising unemployment led to even more social problems.
- the struggle for social justice
- As yet there has been little research considering early retirement among women and its social meaning and impact.
- Full of character, Paxos has an easy social life, ideal for people on holiday by themselves.
- Here we need to rely on our social scientific knowledge about our own legal and social institutions.
- Not least important, marriage is a great social stabilizer of men.
- Our social worker came and he said Mum had told him I had a boyfriend.
- Subjectivity becomes contained in discourse: a solution which does not deal adequately with its complicated place in psychology and social relations.
- The child at the stage of concrete operations can assume the viewpoint of others and spoken language is social and communicative.
- True believers are adamant that without annexation there can be no financial or social equity in Tucson -- end of discussion.
Longman Language Activatorpeople in general
people in general: · People are getting very worried about rising crime.· I don't want people to feel sorry for me.most/some people: · Most people hate writing essays, but I quite like it.
all people - use this to make general statements about how people behave, what people like etc: · Don't you like ice-cream? I thought everyone liked it!· Everybody has the right to a good education.· Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you.
American spoken people: · Folks around here have been pretty angry about the governor's actions.most/some folks: · Some folks think the schools are better now than they were twenty years ago.
all the people in the world, considered as one group: · Pollution is threatening the future of the human race.the entire/whole human race: · The entire human race could be wiped out by nuclear war.a member of the human race: · Until then, no member of the human race had ever been able to make a map of the whole world.
people in general - used especially when talking about their history and development, or how something affects their continued existence: · The Americans exploded the first nuclear weapon in the history of mankind.· Travelling into space was a great advance for mankind.· In the interests of humankind we must stop destroying our planet.
people in general - use this when you are comparing humans with other living things. Some people do not use this word because it can seem offensive to women: · Jericho is the oldest continuously inhabited city known to man.· The grandeur of the mountains is a constant reminder of man's insignificance.· The Dutch reclamation of their land is a classic case of man's struggle against nature.
people in general - use this especially when you are talking about people's rights to be treated like all other humans and not suffer cruelty, hunger etc: · 30% of humanity live in conditions of terrible poverty.a crime against humanity: · The General was accused of committing crimes against humanity.
ordinary people who do not belong to the government, the police etc, and do not have any special rights: · The castle is open to the public during the summer.· The public ought to know how the money from taxes is being spent.a member of the public: · Some of these politicians never meet ordinary members of the public.the general public: · Tickets will become available to the general public in June.
people in general - use this to talk about people as an organized group with a system of laws and accepted behaviour: · Islamic society· The judge described Smith as 'a danger to society'.member of society: · We want our students to become useful and responsible members of society.
: young/old/rich/country/city etc folk people of a particular type or from a particular area, considered together as a group: · The young folk need to have a place where they can go in the evenings.· Stella's ambition is to get a job working with old folk.· His parents were hard-working country folk.
use this about conditions, problems, and changes that affect all the people in society: · Rising unemployment led to even more social problems.· social changes that brought women even greater freedom
WORD SETSaardvark, nounadder, nounAfghan, nounalley cat, nounalligator, nounalpaca, nounAlsatian, nounamphibian, nounamphibious, adjectiveangora, nounanimal, nounanteater, nounantelope, nounanthropoid, adjectiveantler, nounape, nounappaloosa, nounarachnid, nounarmadillo, nounasp, nounass, nounbaa, verbbaboon, nounbaby, nounbadger, nounbantam, nounbark, verbbark, nounbarnacle, nounbasset, nounbat, nounbay, nounbay, verbbay, adjectivebeagle, nounbear, nounbeast, nounbeast of burden, nounbeaver, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounbelly, nounbig cat, nounbig game, nounbighorn sheep, nounbilly goat, nounbiped, nounbison, nounbitch, nounbivalve, nounbleat, verbbloodhound, nounbloodstream, nounblow-hole, nounboa, nounboar, nounbobcat, nounbovine, adjectivebow-wow, nounboxer, nounbrainwave, nounbrindled, adjectivebristle, verbbronc, nounbronco, nounbrontosaurus, nounbrush, nounbuck, nounbuffalo, nounbull, nounbulldog, nounbullfrog, nounbullock, nounbull terrier, nounburro, nounburrow, nouncalf, nouncall, nouncalve, verbcamel, nouncanine, adjectivecanine, nouncarapace, nouncarcass, nouncaribou, nouncarnivore, nouncarthorse, nouncat, nouncattle, nouncaudal, adjectivecayman, nouncetacean, nounchameleon, nounchamois, nouncheetah, nounchestnut, nounchickadee, nounchicken, nounchihuahua, nounchimpanzee, nounchinchilla, nounchipmunk, nounchow, nounclaw, nouncloven hoof, nouncoat, nouncob, nouncobra, nouncocker spaniel, nouncold-blooded, adjectivecollie, nouncolouring, nouncolt, nouncomb, nounconnective tissue, nouncony, nouncoon, nouncopperhead, nouncorgi, nouncougar, nouncourtship, nouncow, nouncoyote, nouncoypu, nouncrest, nouncrocodile, nouncrop, verbcrustacean, nouncry, nouncub, nouncur, noundachshund, nounDalmatian, noundeer, nounden, noundentine, noundingo, noundinosaur, noundoe, noundog, noundolphin, noundomesticate, verbdonkey, noundormouse, noundorsal, adjectivedromedary, nounduckbilled platypus, nounearthworm, nounelephant, nounelk, nounentrails, nounermine, nounewe, nounexcreta, nounexcretion, nounfallopian tube, nounfallow deer, nounfang, nounfauna, nounfawn, nounfeed, nounfeeler, nounfeline, adjectivefeline, nounfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferal, adjectiveferret, nounfetlock, nounfieldmouse, nounfilly, nounfin, nounfleece, nounflipper, nounflying fox, nounfoal, nounfoal, verbfoetus, nounforefoot, nounforeleg, nounfox, nounfoxhound, nounfox terrier, nounFriesian, nounfrog, nounfrogspawn, nounfruit bat, nounfur, nounfurry, adjectivegarter snake, noungazelle, noungecko, noungeese, gelding, noungerbil, nounGerman shepherd, noungestation, noungiant panda, noungibbon, noungiraffe, noungnu, noungoat, noungolden retriever, noungopher, noungorilla, noungregarious, adjectivegreyhound, noungroundhog, nounground squirrel, noungrunt, verbguinea pig, nounhack, nounhackles, nounhairless, adjectivehamster, nounhare, nounhart, nounhaunch, nounhedgehog, nounheifer, nounhen, nounherbivore, nounherd, nounhermit crab, nounhibernate, verbhind, adjectivehind, nounhindquarters, nounhippo, nounhippopotamus, nounhock, nounhog, nounhoof, nounhorned, adjectivehorse, nounhound, nounhowl, verbhump, nounhusky, nounhyaena, nounhybrid, nounhyena, nounibex, nouniguana, nounimpala, nouninbred, adjectiveinbreeding, nouninsectivore, nouninterbreed, verbinvertebrate, nounjackal, nounjackrabbit, nounjaguar, nounjellyfish, nounJersey, nounkangaroo, nounkid, nounkoala, nounkookaburra, nounLabrador, nounlair, nounlamb, nounlemming, nounleopard, nounlion, nounlioness, nounlitter, nounlitter, verblizard, nounllama, nounlonghorn, nounlugworm, nounlynx, nounmale, nounmamba, nounmammal, nounmammary, adjectivemammoth, nounmandible, nounmandrill, nounmane, nounman-eater, nounmare, nounmarmoset, nounmarsupial, nounmarten, nounmastitis, nounmate, nounmate, verbmating, nounmaw, nounmenagerie, nounmew, verbmiaow, verbmice, nounmigrant, nounmilk, verbmimic, verbmimic, nounmink, nounmole, nounmollusc, nounmongoose, nounmongrel, nounmonkey, nounmoo, verbmoose, nounmoult, verbmountain goat, nounmountain lion, nounmouse, nounmule, nounmuskrat, nounmussel, nounmustang, nounmutt, nounmuzzle, nounnag, nounnanny goat, nounnative, adjectivenative, nounnest, nounnewt, nounnocturnal, adjectiveocelot, nounoctopus, nounoffspring, nounoink, interjectionokapi, nounOld English sheepdog, nounomnivore, nounomnivorous, adjectiveopossum, nounorangutang, nounotter, nounox, nounpachyderm, nounpack, nounpad, nounpair, nounpanda, nounpanther, nounparasite, nounparasitic, adjectivepaw, nounpaw, verbpeccary, nounpedigree, adjectivepeke, nounPekinese, nounpelt, nounPersian cat, nounpest, nounpheasant, nounpiebald, adjectivepied, adjectivepig, nounpiggy, nounpiglet, nounpincer, nounpine marten, nounpinto, nounpit bull terrier, nounpit pony, nounplankton, nounplate, nounplatypus, nounpointer, nounpolar bear, nounpolecat, nounpolyp, nounpony, nounpooch, nounpoodle, nounporcupine, nounporker, nounporpoise, nounPortuguese man-of-war, nounpossum, nounpouch, nounprairie dog, nounprance, verbpredation, nounpredator, nounpredatory, adjectiveprehensile, adjectiveprey, nounprickle, nounpride, nounprimate, nounproboscis, nounprocreate, verbprowl, verbpterodactyl, nounpuffin, nounpug, nounpullet, nounpuma, nounpup, nounpurebred, adjectivepurr, verbpussy, nounpython, nounquack, verbquadruped, nounquill, nounrabbit, nounrabbit warren, nounrabid, adjectiveraccoon, nounracoon, nounram, nounrat, nounrattler, nounrattlesnake, nounravening, adjectivereindeer, nounreptile, nounretract, verbretriever, nounrhesus monkey, nounrhino, nounrhinoceros, nounroan, nounrodent, nounroe deer, nounrottweiler, nounruminant, nounruminate, verbrump, nounrunt, nounrut, nounsable, nounsac, nounsalamander, nounsausage dog, nounscavenge, verbschool, nounscorpion, nounseal, nounsea lion, nounseashell, nounsea urchin, nounsemen, nounserpent, nounsetter, nounsex, verbshed, verbsheep, nounsheepdog, nounShetland pony, nounshire horse, nounshrew, nounshrimp, nounSiamese cat, nounsilkworm, nounsimian, adjectivesire, nounskin, nounskunk, nounsloth, nounslug, nounsnail, nounsnake, nounsnakebite, nounsnarl, verbsniffer dog, nounsnout, nounsocial, adjectivesow, nounspaniel, nounspawn, verbspawn, nounsperm whale, nounsponge, nounspoor, nounspore, nounspringbok, nounsquid, nounsquirrel, nounstag, nounstallion, nounstarfish, nounSt Bernard, nounsteed, nounsteer, nounsting, nounstinger, nounstoat, nounstomach, nounstray, adjectivestray, nounstud, nounsucker, nounsuckle, verbsuckling, nounswine, nountadpole, nountail, nountame, adjectivetame, verbtapeworm, nountapir, nounteat, nountentacle, nounterrapin, nounterrier, nounterritorial, adjectiveterritory, nountiger, nountigress, nountoad, nountom, nountomcat, nountooth, nountortoise, nountortoiseshell, nountrumpet, verbtrunk, nountufted, adjectiveturtle, nountusk, nountyrannosaurus, nounudder, nounuterus, nounvampire bat, nounvent, nounvermin, nounvertebrate, nounvicuña, nounviper, nounvivarium, nounvixen, nounvole, nounwag, verbwallaby, nounwallow, verbwalrus, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewarren, nounwarthog, nounwater buffalo, nounwater rat, nounwater vole, nounweasel, nounweevil, nounwhale, nounwhelk, nounwhelp, nounwhelp, verbwhinny, verbwhippet, nounwhisker, nounwild boar, nounwildcat, nounwildebeest, nounwildfowl, nounwinkle, nounwithers, nounwolf, nounwolfhound, nounwombat, nounwool, nounyak, nounyap, verbyap, nounyearling, nounyelp, nounYorkshire terrier, nounyoung, nounzebra, nounzoologist, nounzoology, nounzygote, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 3nouns
Gwen’s a real social butterfly. Low birth weight is related to economic deprivation. the domination of power by a small political elite The country’s social fabric is disintegrating. Marx founded a new science: the science of the history of social formations. Max definitely lacked social graces. During this period the family unit becomes the natural social grouping. Small nations resent Western cultural imperialism. a report on racial inequity in the UK social institutions such as the family and religion social mobility experts in the field of developmental psychology the biggest social revolution we have had in this country the sexual revolution of the 1960s a comedy group that does political satire The Indian caste system is an example of social stratification. the social whirl of New York publishingCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
(=activities that involve being with other people for pleasure)· Teenagers enjoy an active social life.
(=the ability to deal with people easily)· In school, the children also learn social skills.
(=good and polite behaviour towards other people)· I had none of the social graces of my fellow pupils.
· Work provides social contact.
(=one that does not relate to business)· Don't misunderstand, this is purely a social call.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· Universities aim to attract students from varied social backgrounds.
· The Internet allows people of all ages to interact without the usual social barriers.
· Tourism has brought considerable economic benefits to the island.
Gwen’s a real social butterfly.· Demands for political and social change are growing.
· Afterwards there was widespread famine and economic chaos.
· Dan and I didn’t mix in the same social circles.
· Is there a link between crime and social class?
· At the time the political climate was moving steadily to the right.
(=where you meet people and talk)· Older people may benefit from joining a social club.
· The first years of life are very important in a child's growth toward social competence.
· Widespread unemployment often leads to social conflict.
(=a moral sense of how society should be or how you can help it)· The writer’s strong social conscience is obvious in all his novels.
· The rise in food prices has had enormous economic and political consequences.
(=spending time with other people)· He lived alone and had little human contact.
· You often need to understand the cultural context of jokes.
· Each society has its own cultural conventions.
(=of human society and its organizations)· Social critics have argued that television viewing decreases people's other social activities.
· Our people do not want to imitate western social customs.
Low birth weight is related to economic deprivation.· Learning a language has an important cultural dimension.
· His writing has a strong political dimension.
· Unemployment often leads to social disadvantage.
the domination of power by a small political elite· Changes in the cultural environment affect people’s attitudes and values.
· Black people had to fight for social and economic equality with whites.
(=an event at which a group of people meet and spend time with each other)· We should organize a social evening to welcome the new members of staff.
(=an event at which a group of people meet and spend time together for pleasure)· I don’t go to many social events since my husband’s death.
(=something bad that happens in human society)· The community is being torn apart by poverty, drug abuse and other social evils.
· Neither cultural or social evolution is any guarantee that we are moving towards a better world.
(=relating to what society thinks or expects)· Social expectations of masculine and feminine behaviour changed drastically during the 1960s and '70s.
(=one in which people try a new way of living and organizing society)· The community started out as a social experiment.
The country’s social fabric is disintegrating.· Social factors have played their part in the decline in family sizes.
Marx founded a new science: the science of the history of social formations. Max definitely lacked social graces. (=a group of people from a particular class in society)· Lower social groups had a higher average family size.
During this period the family unit becomes the natural social grouping. (=the things people normally do when they are with other people)· Television changed some of our social habits.
· We aim to promote racial harmony through shared sporting activities.
· the political history of Germany
Small nations resent Western cultural imperialism.· She’s studying the social implications of different patterns of work.
· Education can play a large part in reducing social inequality.
a report on racial inequity in the UK social institutions such as the family and religion· They discussed a number of political issues.
social mobility· We have a moral obligation to take care of our environment.
· I prefer not to discuss business at social occasions.
· Crime is a complex social phenomenon.
experts in the field of developmental psychology· He's ignoring political realities.
· Satisfactory social relationships with adults are very important.
the biggest social revolution we have had in this country the sexual revolution of the 1960s (=when someone loses their position or rank in society)· In those days, breaking off your engagement could mean social ruin.
a comedy group that does political satire· At the other end of the social scale, life is a constant struggle to get enough to eat.
· She loved the city, and really enjoyed the social scene.
· The social side of the group is very important.
· The political significance of this change should not be underestimated.
(=a situation in which someone is with other people)· He felt uncomfortable in social situations.
(=the ability to get on well with people)· Unsociable toddlers were found to have poor social skills later.
(=be receiving money from the government)
· The following chapter considers the influence of factors in the wider social sphere.
· I lied about my family’s social status.
The Indian caste system is an example of social stratification.· Many changes had taken place in the social and political structure of the island.
· There is a social taboo against expressing negative views of other races.
· The economic crisis was accompanied by mounting social tension.
· Besides marriage, other social ties drew people together.
· The policy led to rising unemployment and social unrest.
· a book about a clash between British and Chinese cultural values· The films of the time reflected these changing social values.
the social whirl of New York publishing· Restored quarrymen's cottages at Gloddfa Ganol show the social background of the industrial workers.· Childhood cancers, including leukaemia, can strike a healthy child at random, regardless of race, social background or creed.· Both parents were of Breton origin, but of markedly different social backgrounds.· It must be seen against the social background of early Anglo-Saxon society in the seventh century.· Then suddenly they became part of the social background like film stars or professional football players.· The police tend to operate with different expectations of individuals from different social backgrounds.· A Chance to Dance aims to encourage children of all ethnic groups and social backgrounds.· This proceeding ignored the current theory that intelligence was independent of social background.
· Such a cost none the less needs setting against the advantages in any ecological study of gorilla social behaviour.· This is the case with all deviant social behaviour, such as incorrect marriages or theft.· Evil to their mind is easily detectable: it reveals itself in bizarre appearances, anti-social behaviour.· What many people believe to be stimulation is actually a loss of inhibition that normally controls their social behaviour.· Enlightened self-interest is, for those of us who are not saints, the necessary condition of social behaviour.· For many weeks she watched and noted their social behaviour without being spat at.· The expansion, or attempted expansion, of genes is seen as the central causal mechanism underlying both individual and social behaviour.· Solitariness is thus a result of social behaviour and may produce particular societal structures involving wide dispersion.
· Such reduced absenteeism is a social benefit in that it reduces public expenditure through the statutory sick-pay scheme.· Workers are paid in glass, receive their social benefits in glass and must sell the glass to stay alive.· They can have very different employment protection laws and social benefits.· Dole campaigns vigorously against federal mandates that require states to provide stipulated social benefits or meet a variety of federal guidelines.· It is thought that therapeutic operations provide such a social benefit by the psychological benefit.· Marginal social cost and marginal social benefit would then be equated at the point E *;.· Thus, beyond a certain point the marginal social benefit of further risk reduction will exceed the marginal social cost.· Expanding output would add more to social benefit than to social cost.
· Historians study social change and they focus on particular events for their data.· Anyway, I knew all along that this education was going to be put to work for social change.· Study, explore and anticipate social change affecting the global environment; 3.· Instead, it will be a vehicle for gradual, quiet yet profound social change.· And what, in any case, did these radical critics of social change in fact propose to offer?· How far did war affect the economy or bring about social change?· The Victorian period was one of tremendous economic and social change.· This of course opens up possibilities of positive social change.
· There continued to be striking regional and social class variations in infant mortality and in life expectancy at later ages.· The Baker-Donaher family were the flip side of the Wilkins of Reading: different hemispheres, different social class.· Pupils among the less affluent social classes account for half of the population but only 13 % of entry to top universities.· There were some clear social class differences in their answers.· There is an unspoken recognition of a certain disposition or habitus among the social classes.· Most controls were from lower to mid-middle class, while the cases had a greater spread of social class.· The decades following the Second World War saw an historically unprecedented growth in retirement at a fixed age for all social classes.· These determinants include motivation, culture, social class, the family and so on.
· You can't get it from ordinary social contact like sharing food, towels, toilets or hugs.· While some tribal people moved into Freetown, they, too, had limited social contact with the Creoles.· The third high-risk group comprises manual workers without hobbies and interests, whose entire social contact has been based on their workplace.· This confirms the well observed inverse relationship between disability and social contact.· A key question concerns the types of social contact that may be associated with a high risk of transmission of P cepacia.· More specifically, it was the daughters, as opposed to spouse carers, who were upset by the reduced social contact.· People still want to have the social contact that work offers, and want to stay in regular touch with their co-workers.· But a busy life inevitably leaves little time for social contact.
· Some would argue that above semantics lies a level concerned with the use of language in its social context.· I plan to consider these questions as they relate to the human need to create and maintain self-identity in a social context.· In the first place, the rhetorical perspective advocates understanding attitudes in terms of the wider social context.· You rarely find consideration of the social context of error, or of its significance in the growth of the writer.· Individuals do not move through a smooth physical vacuum; they negotiate structured social contexts in company with other individuals.· In the social context, drugs such as caffeine, sugar and chocolate are well accepted and much enjoyed by millions worldwide.· Attempts to help people in distress are less successful when treated in isolation from the social context in which they live.
· The companies' main concerns, however, were with social control of their workforces outside the pits.· He tries to provide for reform within a political framework and he introduces consensus, as a social control variable.· It was therefore apparent that the specific practice of lawyers can not be theorised as social control.· All political regimes attempt to manipulate information as a means of social control.· In urban areas, therefore, the effectiveness of informal social control is reduced.· Once again shame and stigma are being touted as methods of social control.· The church for its part acted as an administrative agency of colonial expansion and a major institution of social control.· The revivals also provided for social control.
· There is a case for government intervention to make sure marginal social cost and marginal social benefit are equated.· A few feminists are achingly aware of both their personal desires to he thin and the social cost of those desires.· In the latter illustration consideration has also to be taken of social costs and benefits.· As with other parental costs, parental expenditures On education arc also social costs because they absorb economic resources.· These procedures are essentially intended to assess the social costs of school reorganization.· Expanding output would add more to social benefit than to social cost.· For these reasons, the precise extent of the social cost of monopoly remains a subject of continuing controversy.· At the equilibrium quantity Q the marginal consumer benefit is P l but the marginal social cost is P 2.
· Complex and difficult lives are simplified into iconic statements of social deprivation.· It may lead to a considerable degree of social deprivation and a miserable existence for the families involved.· Strategies to promote the nation's health should acknowledge the importance of material and social deprivation more explicitly.· The inclusion of measures of social deprivation is also poorly thought out.· Despite many attempts to link drug use with social deprivation, the association is spurious.· New York has substantially worse infant and neonatal mortality than London or Paris and some signs of worse problems of social deprivation.· Many cases of mild mental handicap are thus caused by social deprivation.· Grief, loneliness, poor health, financial worries, social deprivation all contribute to a feeling of acute depression.
· Other articles in the issue cover consumer rights, photography, and the role of non-government organisations in social development.· He said an agreement had been struck whereby Freeport would provide 1 percent of annual revenues for social development programs.· Reading and moral development Much of the content of social development is concerned with ethics.· Similarly, development of affect plays a role in social development.· It is about something infinitely subtle: moral and social development.· The head then commented on his social development.· Thirdly, a crucial aim of the text is to show how the relationship between cultural and economic processes influences social development.· Partners might feel that personal and social development should be set out clearly among the objectives of educational programmes.
· Funerals are not just some grim social event for retired people.· This hall caters for many sporting activities and social events.· At first they just focused on the fun part, the social events.· The May festival has become a major social event in the racing calendar and includes a classic trial for the Derby.· An elaborate send-off for the dead was also a social event, because a lavish funeral reflected on the living.· The railways allowed ordinary people to visit the seaside and the country, so that natural-history excursions became social events.· Nowadays, Super Sunday has become more of a social event.
· From a Marxist view, a class is a social group whose members share the same relationship to the means of production.· Socialization occurs, not simply in individual histories but in the continuities of social groups as well.· To grasp their real magnitude these figures need to be set against the incomes of other social groups.· Specifically she develops two areas, feminist theory and liberation theology, as potential candidates to regenerate the social group work movement.· Speakers of different languages and cultural backgrounds, and from different social groups, vary quite significantly in their preferred language norms.· In many ways, then, peasants are more likely to be exposed to socio-economic change than other social groups.· Power is a relation between social groups not a possession to be worn like a garment or flaunted like an antiracist badge.· This reaction was not quite the same in the two main social groups, however.
· Here is the rich story of the social history of one of Britain's most important sports.· On the economic and social history of the period its influence was also enormous.· But none of the considerations mentioned above has so far impinged upon the social history of art.· It was one of those moments when we can actually see whole new groups of people just walking into social history.· The little decorations of social history are thin traces laid over a surface.· It is the stuff from which social history, and columns a century hence, are made.
· The major functions of social institutions are those which help to meet the functional prerequisites of society.· There are, of course, many links and parallels between economic history and the development of the government and social institutions.· It is beyond doubt that the service was meant to be a social institution with aims in addition to those of an economic nature.· The social institutions of traditionalism, such as religion and ideology, can also be seen as deformed, pathological modes of communication.· Like words, social institutions, customs, and beliefs all change drastically over time.· The poll reveals lack of confidence in leading social institutions.· In practice, functionalists appear preoccupied with discovering the positive functions, the beneficial effects of social institutions.· Tradition, along with custom and social institutions, is one of the major components of non-material culture.
· It has also shown that they are most effective in situations of crisis because of their ability to initiate and control social interactions.· Social knowledge, the form of knowledge created by humans, is constructed by children primarily out of their social interactions.· The goat's movements and social interactions show a similar seasonal variation.· To the extent that educational programs purport to teach social knowledge, legitimate opportunities for social interaction must be provided.· But this, in turn, led to some curious social interactions.· As children have different histories of general experiences, so do they have different histories of social experiences, or social interaction.· Social Interaction Another factor in cognitive development is social interaction.
· Society and social issues crept into film as the servant of plot.· But, as Townsend suggests, structured dependence is not only about macro-economic and social issues.· In college I became more conscious of social issues, and that expanded at law school.· Brookside, as in its earliest days, had pretensions to be at the cutting edge of a social issue.· In each so-called cooperative the attention paid to social issues, work conditions, and community welfare was meeting strong opposition.· Very quickly, the local Labour parties identified with the social issues of the day.· With most other social issues you can disagree on how you want to do some-thing.
· The demand for equality and social justice - that everyone must be the same - derives from what was originally envy.· Much of his commitment to social justice came late in life.· Delivery on social justice now seems further away than ever.· He is a reformer with an outspoken commitment to civil society, social justice, the rule of law and expanded freedom.· It therefore serves the cause of social justice to take groups as well as individuals into account.· But I was a greedy child who knew nothing of cliches or social justice.· He promised administrative reform, social justice, and an end to corruption.· Commitments to social justice were thrown out of the window in pursuit of a more polarised and unequal economic model.
· She's developed a steady business and a strong social life at her church.· Alcohol provided a social life for Dad as well as an escape.· There is a further theme to do with the collective nature of social life.· There was also the busy social life of a Broadway gypsy.· There is a good social life and I've met friends.· She was thoroughly enjoying herself, she assured Amy, and had a very full social life.· The social life of the village revolved around the club; the clubhouse was like a den.
· Meanwhile, though, his interests in much of his prose gravitated towards the city and the consideration of social order.· Members of these groups, which are linked together in an organic whole, work cooperatively to maintain the social order.· The diversity of the spirits thus directly parallels the Akawaio social order.· There are people in these centers of participation in the social order.· The sense of insecurity which affected the city-states of Mesopotamia led to a rudimentary interest in the history of social order.· For now we can proceed in terms of dealing with a fundamental social order which can be usefully described as disorganized capitalism.· It was hoped by this means to produce an acceptable social order without the overt use of force.· And such explanations only contributed to the existing capitalist social order.
· To this principle of social policy, add a principle of government.· Between their hold on giant pension funds and their private wealth, they dominate political, economic, and social policy.· But in the study of social policy, the importance of individuals should not be wholly underestimated.· Within social policy, however, the power of the doctors provides related examples.· Unlike those stressed above, these are questions about the impact of social policy upon economic policy rather than the other way round.· Nevertheless, the key decisions about resources for the social policy sector will be regarded as economic policy decisions.· It was important to sketch in some of the history of developments in social policy.· So they conclude with a social policy agenda.
· This may be a social problem or a sociological problem.· Hughes writes on a number of social problem topics, but at least some of this is in response to specific invitations.· We will pay special attention to the underlying social problems in high-crime areas, particularly to prevent young people drifting into crime.· Scarcely a single social problem was left untouched.· Students would be too busy with real life to be bothered about social problems and conditions.· As regards social problems, it is always easier to talk about a fair distribution of wealth than to impose it.· Bereaved men often talk about their social problems being rather more connected with their homes than outside them.· The widespread collapse into an enervated self can not be attributed solely to the economic and social problems of our day.
· These are, however, necessary consequences of the division of labour and the consequent role of trust in social relationships.· Being passive, she can never crete the paternal law that orders social relationships.· How useful these data are in revealing anything new about human social relationships depends very much on how we interpret them.· Civil society is constituted by the social relationships and processes outside paid employment and not immediately affected by the state.· Other techniques are available for obtaining insights into people's world-view and social relationships, and some will be briefly described here.· Every social relationship entails a state of indebtedness just as every state of indebtedness entails a social relationship.· The social relationships engaged in by Margaret Nicholson include a wide variety of friends and the stress on family ties is missing.· This means that the forces of production in a hunting economy will correspond with a particular set of social relationships.
· Their sense of social responsibility is to society at large.· These arguments make perfect sense in a free-enterprise business with no social responsibility.· However, the concept of social responsibility and service is of limited use in developing a radical social movement.· There is a separation between science and ethics, between technology and social responsibility.· The fourth type of press theory put forward is that of social responsibility.· Perhaps most important of all, however, is Bateson's treatment of the issue of social responsibility.· The first involved the social responsibility of management.· To ignore those who live at home is unacceptable; it runs counter to a general sense of social responsibility.
· To develop imagination and learn social skills.· Our students are markedly lacking in social skills, the ability to meet people and to get along with them.· They see individual achievement as rewarding for men, social skills as rewarding for women.· But the concern over work inhibition is not language; it is the development of social skills.· It is also a major social skill.· Health and safety habits must be learned as well as recreational pastimes, social skills, and establishment of interpersonal relations.· Thus, social skills involve assessing the skills of the other person, a process known as mutual construing.· Her strengths are impressive: her competence in the world, her highly developed social skills, her humor, her warmth.
· Despite these disadvantages, many older people have been able to maintain their social status by remaining active, alert and healthy.· Hughes makes the discovery of social status an intriguing undertaking.· There is now a social status attached to non-manual jobs, to being a two-car family and so on.· It was a sign of Low Rent origins, of inferior social status, of poor taste.· In social status they varied considerably.· Despite the invention of Bloomsbury morality, Woolf was trapped by her lack of money, education and social status.· They discriminate against you because of colour, never mind that you have the same social status.· The Durava was a considerably smaller caste than the Salagama, and its social status was probably slightly lower.
· This social structure is itself unequal, and works to the benefit of this dominant group.· Its average age will essentially depend on the ambient social structure.· These fundamental economic relations shape, in addition, all other aspects of the social structure.· It is not just life that breaks down, but social structures and mores, the whole container of civilization.· Christine tells me how there is no distinction on the island between religious belief and social structure.· Marxist analyses of the social structure suggest that the political system is dominated by representatives of the bourgeoisie, the capitalist class.· The value-science integrate was socially situated in that the values were seen as specific to a given social structure.
· Power and influence are what social systems live on.· To last for very long any social system needs to be buttressed by a powerful integrating ideology.· The social system has certain basic needs which must be met if it is to survive.· Robert Foley is an anthropologist at Cambridge University who has tried to piece together the history of our social system.· Each state agreed to recognise and respect the other, including their respective political and social systems.· There is no longer any free space where individuals might develop alternative cultural and social systems.· In order to show this Marx explains the simultaneous growth of both the ideology and the social system of capitalism.· A person admitted to a residential home is joining a different social system, away from the family.
· Conservatives are right when they argue that government social welfare activities are antithetical grafts on the root stock of capitalism.· That does not mean it makes no difference to social welfare which rules we settle upon.· Through her contacts with corrections and social welfare agencies, she had more than half a dozen different caseworkers.· In all countries that we studied paraprofessionals constitute the bulk of the social welfare work-force.· The initial concern with social welfare was further demonstrated by the provision of state-hired social workers.· Spending cuts would especially affect public administration and, within the social welfare budget, the level of payments on sickness benefit.· But those problems are real and the social welfare state is in retreat.
· Thus understanding the social world of vulnerable elderly people involves exploring the meaning of death in a personal way.· Virtually all of them see their academic institutions as complex social worlds with competing pressures and multiple tasks and goals.· The social world of the 1950s was profoundly different.· But can the same be said about the social world?· The rules of the social world are, from a hermeneutic point of view, importantly different from causal laws.· When the young worker's social world was bounded by his village such considerations did not matter.· Individuals and their relationship to the social world were also the prime concern of Thomas.· Clowns in the social world of soccer fans, are the pathetic figures who will never make it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► social services
- I was never a political animal.
- One advantage in being a social animal is that one need not discover practices for oneself.
- To Freud man is a social animal without being entirely a socialized animal.
- Unlike Wellington, Harriett was a political animal through and through, whose ambition was that her men should succeed.
- But he accepted the social framework of his day and the status and role of women within it.
- He tries to provide for reform within a political framework and he introduces consensus, as a social control variable.
- In the twelfth century the canon lawyers devised an elaborate, and comparatively humane, legal framework for poor relief.
- It summarises geological knowledge of metalliferous mineralisation, reviews current and past exploration, and describes its administrative and legal framework.
- No legal framework prevails to enable disabled people to counteract discrimination, unfair employment practices, problems of access, etc.
- Some relate to the present legal framework.
- The simplified and more rational legal framework that it introduced is unified by some powerful principles that speak to those issues.
- What is the point of a legal framework if companies can not get a court injunction to stop illegal strike action?
- A minority government would represent a change in the political landscape.
- His words transformed the political landscape.
- In the name of democracy, they are transforming the political landscape to make democracy marginal.
- In the public sphere, women must assume sufficient power to change the cultural imagery and the political landscape.
- Large-scale, bureaucratic organizations are the dominant features of the political landscape.
- Such commentators have argued that the breakdown of morality in the 1960s has had lasting effects on the social landscape.
- This gap is one of the most prominent features on the political landscape at the dawn of 1996.
- Women, who had up to 1945 been barred from participating in elections, changed the political landscape by becoming voters.
- Full of character, Paxos has an easy social life, ideal for people on holiday by themselves.
- He considered her sound as a bell in most ways, apart from this mad preoccupation with Nicandra's social life.
- He frequently attempted to deflect criticism of his administration and personal life by characterizing such allegations as the product of white racism.
- He would state all these things and would add that Citizen Oswald takes no part in the social life of the shop.
- She didn't have many friends and not much of a social life.
- The next programme started - an analysis of political and social life in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- The social life of the island was in disarray.
- They are active shoppers and visibly social, using their social life to forward their careers.
WORD FAMILYnounsocietysociologistsociologysociabilitysocialsocialismsocialistsocialitesocializationsociopathadjectivesociable ≠ unsociablesocial ≠ anti-socialunsocialsocialistsocialisticsocietalsociologicalsociopathicadverbsociallysociablysociologicallyverbsocialize
1society relating to human society and its organization, or the quality of people’s lives: social issues, such as unemployment and education the country’s serious social problems a challenge to the social order (=how a particular society is organized)2rank relating to your position in society, according to your job, family, wealth etc: The students come from a variety of social classes (=groups of people that have the same social position). the social status of her family3meeting people relating to meeting people, forming relationships with them, and spending time with them: social interaction a club with lots of social events Exercise classes are a good way to keep fit and improve your social life. Group play helps children develop social skills (=ability to deal with people easily). He lacked social graces (=good and polite behaviour towards other people).4someone who is social enjoys meeting and talking to other people SYN sociable5animals forming groups or living together in their natural state OPP solitary: Elephants are social animals. → antisocial, sociable, unsocialCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 3nounssomebody's social life (=activities that involve being with other people for pleasure)· Teenagers enjoy an active social life.social skills (=the ability to deal with people easily)· In school, the children also learn social skills.social graces (=good and polite behaviour towards other people)· I had none of the social graces of my fellow pupils.social contact/interaction· Work provides social contact.a social call (=one that does not relate to business)· Don't misunderstand, this is purely a social call.social1 adjectivesocial2 noun
socialsocial2 noun EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A synagogue canceled its ice cream social and auction sale.
- She looked like the kind of girl you would have met at a church social.
- There would be whispers at the church socials, catty remarks behind her back in the supermarket aisles.
- This is not to underestimate the Club's previous social calendar which for many years included successful dinner dances and club socials.
- We also hold socials, parties, and organise day trips, again free of charge.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Gwen’s a real social butterfly. Low birth weight is related to economic deprivation. the domination of power by a small political elite The country’s social fabric is disintegrating. Marx founded a new science: the science of the history of social formations. Max definitely lacked social graces. During this period the family unit becomes the natural social grouping. Small nations resent Western cultural imperialism. a report on racial inequity in the UK social institutions such as the family and religion social mobility experts in the field of developmental psychology the biggest social revolution we have had in this country the sexual revolution of the 1960s a comedy group that does political satire The Indian caste system is an example of social stratification. the social whirl of New York publishing
· Universities aim to attract students from varied social backgrounds.
· The Internet allows people of all ages to interact without the usual social barriers.
· Tourism has brought considerable economic benefits to the island.
Gwen’s a real social butterfly.· Demands for political and social change are growing.
· Afterwards there was widespread famine and economic chaos.
· Dan and I didn’t mix in the same social circles.
· Is there a link between crime and social class?
· At the time the political climate was moving steadily to the right.
(=where you meet people and talk)· Older people may benefit from joining a social club.
· The first years of life are very important in a child's growth toward social competence.
· Widespread unemployment often leads to social conflict.
(=a moral sense of how society should be or how you can help it)· The writer’s strong social conscience is obvious in all his novels.
· The rise in food prices has had enormous economic and political consequences.
(=spending time with other people)· He lived alone and had little human contact.
· You often need to understand the cultural context of jokes.
· Each society has its own cultural conventions.
(=of human society and its organizations)· Social critics have argued that television viewing decreases people's other social activities.
· Our people do not want to imitate western social customs.
Low birth weight is related to economic deprivation.· Learning a language has an important cultural dimension.
· His writing has a strong political dimension.
· Unemployment often leads to social disadvantage.
the domination of power by a small political elite· Changes in the cultural environment affect people’s attitudes and values.
· Black people had to fight for social and economic equality with whites.
(=an event at which a group of people meet and spend time with each other)· We should organize a social evening to welcome the new members of staff.
(=an event at which a group of people meet and spend time together for pleasure)· I don’t go to many social events since my husband’s death.
(=something bad that happens in human society)· The community is being torn apart by poverty, drug abuse and other social evils.
· Neither cultural or social evolution is any guarantee that we are moving towards a better world.
(=relating to what society thinks or expects)· Social expectations of masculine and feminine behaviour changed drastically during the 1960s and '70s.
(=one in which people try a new way of living and organizing society)· The community started out as a social experiment.
The country’s social fabric is disintegrating.· Social factors have played their part in the decline in family sizes.
Marx founded a new science: the science of the history of social formations. Max definitely lacked social graces. (=a group of people from a particular class in society)· Lower social groups had a higher average family size.
During this period the family unit becomes the natural social grouping. (=the things people normally do when they are with other people)· Television changed some of our social habits.
· We aim to promote racial harmony through shared sporting activities.
· the political history of Germany
Small nations resent Western cultural imperialism.· She’s studying the social implications of different patterns of work.
· Education can play a large part in reducing social inequality.
a report on racial inequity in the UK social institutions such as the family and religion· They discussed a number of political issues.
social mobility· We have a moral obligation to take care of our environment.
· I prefer not to discuss business at social occasions.
· Crime is a complex social phenomenon.
experts in the field of developmental psychology· He's ignoring political realities.
· Satisfactory social relationships with adults are very important.
the biggest social revolution we have had in this country the sexual revolution of the 1960s (=when someone loses their position or rank in society)· In those days, breaking off your engagement could mean social ruin.
a comedy group that does political satire· At the other end of the social scale, life is a constant struggle to get enough to eat.
· She loved the city, and really enjoyed the social scene.
· The social side of the group is very important.
· The political significance of this change should not be underestimated.
(=a situation in which someone is with other people)· He felt uncomfortable in social situations.
(=the ability to get on well with people)· Unsociable toddlers were found to have poor social skills later.
(=be receiving money from the government)
· The following chapter considers the influence of factors in the wider social sphere.
· I lied about my family’s social status.
The Indian caste system is an example of social stratification.· Many changes had taken place in the social and political structure of the island.
· There is a social taboo against expressing negative views of other races.
· The economic crisis was accompanied by mounting social tension.
· Besides marriage, other social ties drew people together.
· The policy led to rising unemployment and social unrest.
· a book about a clash between British and Chinese cultural values· The films of the time reflected these changing social values.
the social whirl of New York publishingPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► social services
- I was never a political animal.
- One advantage in being a social animal is that one need not discover practices for oneself.
- To Freud man is a social animal without being entirely a socialized animal.
- Unlike Wellington, Harriett was a political animal through and through, whose ambition was that her men should succeed.
- But he accepted the social framework of his day and the status and role of women within it.
- He tries to provide for reform within a political framework and he introduces consensus, as a social control variable.
- In the twelfth century the canon lawyers devised an elaborate, and comparatively humane, legal framework for poor relief.
- It summarises geological knowledge of metalliferous mineralisation, reviews current and past exploration, and describes its administrative and legal framework.
- No legal framework prevails to enable disabled people to counteract discrimination, unfair employment practices, problems of access, etc.
- Some relate to the present legal framework.
- The simplified and more rational legal framework that it introduced is unified by some powerful principles that speak to those issues.
- What is the point of a legal framework if companies can not get a court injunction to stop illegal strike action?
- A minority government would represent a change in the political landscape.
- His words transformed the political landscape.
- In the name of democracy, they are transforming the political landscape to make democracy marginal.
- In the public sphere, women must assume sufficient power to change the cultural imagery and the political landscape.
- Large-scale, bureaucratic organizations are the dominant features of the political landscape.
- Such commentators have argued that the breakdown of morality in the 1960s has had lasting effects on the social landscape.
- This gap is one of the most prominent features on the political landscape at the dawn of 1996.
- Women, who had up to 1945 been barred from participating in elections, changed the political landscape by becoming voters.
- Full of character, Paxos has an easy social life, ideal for people on holiday by themselves.
- He considered her sound as a bell in most ways, apart from this mad preoccupation with Nicandra's social life.
- He frequently attempted to deflect criticism of his administration and personal life by characterizing such allegations as the product of white racism.
- He would state all these things and would add that Citizen Oswald takes no part in the social life of the shop.
- She didn't have many friends and not much of a social life.
- The next programme started - an analysis of political and social life in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- The social life of the island was in disarray.
- They are active shoppers and visibly social, using their social life to forward their careers.
WORD FAMILYnounsocietysociologistsociologysociabilitysocialsocialismsocialistsocialitesocializationsociopathadjectivesociable ≠ unsociablesocial ≠ anti-socialunsocialsocialistsocialisticsocietalsociologicalsociopathicadverbsociallysociablysociologicallyverbsocialize
1[countable] a party for the members of a group, club, or church2the social British English informal old-fashioned social security