Social /(?)/
So·cial
Social
a.
- Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties.
- Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
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Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
Best with thyself accompanied, seek'st not Social communication.
- Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same species. (Bot.)
- Living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Social science
- the science of all that relates to the social condition, the relations and institutions which are involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself with questions of the public health, education, labor, punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the like.
- Social whale
- the blackfish.
- The social evil
- prostitution.