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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
social/ˈsəʊʃl/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to society or its organization.
■ relating to rank and status in society: a woman of high social standing.
- 2 needing companionship; suited to living in communities.
- 3 relating to or designed for activities in which people meet each other for pleasure.
- 4 Zoology (of birds, insects, or mammals) breeding or living in colonies or organized communities.
– derivatives
sociality noun,
socially adverb.
sociality noun,
socially adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr., or from L. socialis ‘allied’, from socius ‘friend’.
'social' also found in these Oxford entries:
accent
- activism
- advantage
- aesthetic
- ancien régime
- announce
- anomie
- ant
- antecedent
- apology
- après-ski
- arm candy
- ask
- Asperger's syndrome
- assembly rooms
- at-home
- baboon
- background
- bad form
- bake
- ball
- barn dance
- base
- bash
- beard
- bee
- behaviouralism
- better
- bloomers
- Bolshevik
- bop
- bottom feeder
- boycott
- butterfly
- calibre
- case history
- caseload
- casework
- caste
- cater
- ceilidh
- celebrate
- chaperone
- charm school
- chatter
- chivalry
- church
- circulate
- civilization
- civilize
Forum discussions with the word(s) "social" in the title:
'social networkers'
"projects of establishing of social firms"?
"Social Butterfly" vs "Party Animal"
"social care home" ?
"social" v. "societal"
"socio-" or "social and"
a parallel social universe
a social rule/etiquette/principle/ethic
A social survey (an inherent adjective?)
adopted to social needs
an object of activity of social work.
breakdown of social obligation
Buff (social studies buff)
build up social network
charity advertising/social advertising
church-social
Deductions for social security and income tax have been made before
despite social myths to the contrary = ?
doing social
dominant social paradigm
economic and social research and publications
fluid social
foreign/in-need to express social disadvantages
I lack social grace.
I'm like the social director on a cruise for one
ineffctive confirms its social significance
Is it weird ''disturb social order''?
Is this holiday a social or politics celebration event?
it looks insanely beautiful for the predictions of social intelligence theory
it's a social thing
more...
"projects of establishing of social firms"?
"Social Butterfly" vs "Party Animal"
"social care home" ?
"social" v. "societal"
"socio-" or "social and"
a parallel social universe
a social rule/etiquette/principle/ethic
A social survey (an inherent adjective?)
adopted to social needs
an object of activity of social work.
breakdown of social obligation
Buff (social studies buff)
build up social network
charity advertising/social advertising
church-social
Deductions for social security and income tax have been made before
despite social myths to the contrary = ?
doing social
dominant social paradigm
economic and social research and publications
fluid social
foreign/in-need to express social disadvantages
I lack social grace.
I'm like the social director on a cruise for one
ineffctive confirms its social significance
Is it weird ''disturb social order''?
Is this holiday a social or politics celebration event?
it looks insanely beautiful for the predictions of social intelligence theory
it's a social thing
more...
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