If we look at the past three decades as a socialexperiment, the results are not in the least comforting.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Numerous socialexperiments show that making public commitments has a very strong effect on those signing up to them.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He is fighting a large number of critics who argue that socialexperiments involving drugs and alcohol are dangerous and rarely succeed - as happened with prohibition in the 1920s.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Definition of 'experiment'
experiment
(ɪksperɪmənt) (ɪksperɪment)Explore 'experiment' in the dictionary
variable noun
An experiment is a scientific test which is done in order to discover what happens to something in particular conditions.
Example sentencessocial experiment