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A particular system of social structures, institutions, customs, values, and practices which conserve, maintain, and enforce certain societal relations and behavioral patterns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- May the dysgenic social order collapse under the weight of its depravity and misdeeds.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ During my first day in the woods, Raoul, the big alpha male of Rambo II, opened wide to show me his dagger-sharp canines, then sauntered by and swatted my calf with a stick—letting me know my place in the social order. (Low.)
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The stability of a society, in contrast to social chaos and upheaval.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
社會制度 /社会制度
(shèhuì zhìdù)
— system for maintaining certain societal relations and behaviors
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Finnish:
yhteiskuntajärjestys
— system for maintaining certain societal relations and behaviors
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Chinese Mandarin:
社會穩定 /社会稳定
(shèhuì wěndìng)
— societal stability
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Finnish:
yhteiskuntajärjestys
— societal stability
