social relations
Bonds between people
Social relations are the connections and interactions between people or groups within a society.
The term encompasses everything from personal relationships to institutional ties—how individuals relate to family, neighbors, coworkers, and broader communities.
The industrial revolution transformed social relations between workers and owners.
In academic contexts, social relations often examines how power, class, and culture shape human connections.
- communityCollective of connected people
- bondsTies that unite
- family tiesBonds between relatives
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- inner circleExclusive group of confidants
connection · network · belonging · trust · mutual respect · intimacy · gossip · hierarchy · status · power dynamics · kinship · family · neighbors · acquaintance · tribe · rapport · small talk · alliance
- MarxismMarx, Karl Marx, Engels, Friedrich Engels, proletariat
social relationsisolation
Complete separation from others
social isolation · solitude · disconnection · alienation · estrangement
social relationsreclusion
Voluntary social withdrawal
misanthropy · individualism · monasticism · self-sufficiency · independence
social relationsatomization
Reduction to fine particles
individualism · anomie · depersonalization · disaffiliation · non-attachment
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