Society
Named group capitalized
Society is people living together in organized communities, sharing customs, laws, and institutions.
More narrowly, it can mean a particular community Victorian society, the wealthy and fashionable high society, or an organization united by common interests the Royal Society, a mutual aid society.
To be in society is to participate in elite social circles.
The adjective social and noun socialization derive from the same root.
Arrangement of interconnected parts
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- classGrouping by shared traits
- casteInherited social division
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
inequality · mobility · division · system · order · norms · institutions · framework
Collective of connected people
- collectiveJointly organized group
- groupAssembled collection of things
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- villageSmall rural community
tribe · commune · fellowship · brotherhood · sisterhood · kinship · togetherness · belonging
Superior select group
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- upper classWealthiest societal stratum
- gentryHighborn but not noble
bourgeoisie · establishment · privileged · wealthy · debutante · cotillion · old money · jet set
Structured group with purpose
- clubOrganization with membership
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
foundation · fraternity · sorority · lodge · order · chapter · membership · honorary
structure
Arrangement of interconnected parts
stratification · inequality · mobility · division · system · order · norms · institutions · framework · establishment
community
Collective of connected people
- collectiveJointly organized group
- groupAssembled collection of things
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
village · tribe · commune · fellowship · brotherhood · sisterhood · kinship · togetherness · belonging · solidarity
elite
Superior select group
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- upper classWealthiest societal stratum
gentry · bourgeoisie · establishment · privileged · wealthy · debutante · cotillion · old money · jet set · patrician
organization
Structured group with purpose
- clubOrganization with membership
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
institution · foundation · fraternity · sorority · lodge · order · chapter · membership · honorary · professional
civilization
Advanced organized human society
nation · people · citizens · public · masses · world · modern · Western · industrialized · developed
- Sociology Journals
Societyindividual
One separate human being
person · self · the self · solitary · private self
Societyisolation
Complete separation from others
solitude · hermitage · seclusion · withdrawal · loneliness
Societynature
Inherent quality or disposition
wilderness · the wild · state of nature · savagery · barbarism
- high societyThe social elite
- secret societyCovert fraternal organization
- medieval societyPre-modern European social structure
- humane societyOrganization protecting mistreated animals
- tribal societyKinship-based communal organization
- secret societiesOrganizations operating in concealment