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social control in American Englishnoun1. Sociology the enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by social pressure 2. the influence of any element in social life working to maintain the pattern of such life Examples of 'social control' in a sentencesocial control Wilson sees fashion as an organizing system, and an instrument of social control.But this is not about fairness, it's about social control.Why, then, separate him from his only proven source of social control?Their soundworld is full of references to the media, social control, paranoia and surveillance.So-called laws have never been anything but philosophically thinly disguised attempts at social control.But at village level, the country's traditional shuras, or councils, exercise powerful systems of social control.And this emphasises another point - that a big function of religion is to exert social control over people. |
social control in American English