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An implicit agreement or contract among members of a society governing such matters as submission of individuals to the rule of law and acceptable conduct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, human-sciences, philosophy, politics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: social compact
Antonyms: none provided
an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agreement, accord
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عَقْد اِجْتِمَاعِيّ
(ʕaqd ijtimāʕiyy)
— agreement or contract
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Armenian:
հասարակական պայմանագիր
(hasarakakan paymanagir)
— agreement or contract
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Azerbaijani:
ictimai müqavilə
— agreement or contract
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Belarusian:
грамадская дамова
(hramadskaja damóva)
— agreement or contract
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Belarusian:
грамадскі дагавор
(hramadski dahavór)
— agreement or contract
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Bulgarian:
обществен договор
(obštestven dogovor)
— agreement or contract
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Catalan:
contracte social
— agreement or contract
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Chinese Mandarin:
社會契約 /社会契约
(shèhuì qìyuē)
— agreement or contract
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Danish:
samfundspagt
— agreement or contract
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Dutch:
sociaal contract
— agreement or contract
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Estonian:
ühiskondlik leping
— agreement or contract
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Finnish:
yhteiskuntasopimus
— agreement or contract
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French:
contrat social
— agreement or contract
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Georgian:
სოციალური კონტრაქტი
(socialuri ḳonṭrakṭi)
— agreement or contract
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German:
Gesellschaftsvertrag
— agreement or contract
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Greek:
κοινωνικό συμβόλαιο
(koinonikó symvólaio)
— agreement or contract
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Hebrew:
אֲמָנָה חֶבְרָתִית
(amaná khevratít)
— agreement or contract
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Hungarian:
társadalmi szerződés
— agreement or contract
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Indonesian:
kontrak sosial
— agreement or contract
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Italian:
contratto sociale
— agreement or contract
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Japanese:
社会契約
(shakai keiyaku)
— agreement or contract
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Korean:
사회계약
(sahoegyeyak)
— agreement or contract
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Latin:
pactum socialis
— agreement or contract
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Latin:
contractus socialis
— agreement or contract
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Lithuanian:
visuomenės sutartis
— agreement or contract
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Malay:
kontrak sosial
— agreement or contract
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Norwegian Bokmål:
samfunnspakt
— agreement or contract
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Norwegian Bokmål:
samfunnskontrakt
— agreement or contract
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
samfunnskontrakt
— agreement or contract
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Polish:
umowa społeczna
— agreement or contract
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Portuguese:
contrato social
— agreement or contract
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Romanian:
contract social
— agreement or contract
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Russian:
обще́ственный догово́р
(obščéstvennyj dogovór)
— agreement or contract
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Spanish:
contrato social
— agreement or contract
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Tagalog:
kasunduang panlipunan
— agreement or contract
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Tamil:
சமூக ஒப்பந்தம்
(camūka oppantam)
— agreement or contract
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Turkish:
toplumsal sözleşme
— agreement or contract
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Ukrainian:
суспільний договір
(suspilʹnyj dohovir)
— agreement or contract
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Ukrainian:
соціальний договір
(socialʹnyj dohovir)
— agreement or contract
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Vietnamese:
khế ước xã hội
— agreement or contract
