social system

Noun

Meaning

the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

structure society social organisation social structure social organization

Hypernyms

system scheme

Hyponyms

patriarchate separatism segregation pluralism feudalism patriarchy

Examples

Let no man posture as an advocate of peace if he proposes or supports any social system that initiates the use of force against individual men, in any form. Ayn Rand

[O]ne could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive. C. Wright Mills

The alarm must be sounded because it is the economic and social system of capitalism and imperialism that prevents the urgently needed full mobilization of the potential economic surplus and the attainment of rates of economic advancement that can be secured with its help. Paul A. Baran

No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue. John F. Kennedy

Those of us who are today prepared to hazard our lives for the cause would regret having raised a finger, if we were able to organize only a new social system and not a more righteous one. Theodor Herzl

The social system tends to be dominated by images... especially of the future, which act cybernetically, constantly guided by perceived divergences between the real and the ideal. Kenneth Boulding

Close letter words and terms

social subsidy social supermarket social supervision social tariff social tendency social tension