Associations to the word «Society»

Wiktionary

SOCIETY, noun. (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
SOCIETY, noun. (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
SOCIETY, noun. (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
SOCIETY, noun. (uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
SOCIETY, noun. (uncountable) High society.
SOCIETY, noun. (countable) (legal) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.
SOCIETY ISLANDER, noun. A person from the Society Islands.
SOCIETY ISLANDS, proper noun. A group of islands in the South Pacific; part of French Polynesia.
SOCIETY OF JESUS, proper noun. An order of Roman Catholic clergy, the Jesuits, having a tradition of education, theological scholarship, and missionary work; formed during the 16th century.

Dictionary definition

SOCIETY, noun. An extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization.
SOCIETY, noun. A formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today".
SOCIETY, noun. The state of being with someone; "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends".
SOCIETY, noun. The fashionable elite.

Wise words

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