| 单词 | social contract |
| 释义 | social contractor social compactnounthe voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members. an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or community as a whole. Origin of social contractFirst recorded in 1840–50 Words nearby social contractsocial capital, Social Chapter, Social Charter, social class, social climber, social contract, social control, Social Credit, social dancing, Social Darwinism, social democracy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for social contractsocial contract social compactnoun(in the theories of Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, and others) an agreement, entered into by individuals, that results in the formation of the state or of organized society, the prime motive being the desire for protection, which entails the surrender of some or all personal liberties Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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