Society

Definition: Society

Society

Noun

1. An extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization.

2. A formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today".

3. The state of being with someone; "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends".

4. The fashionable elite.

Date "society" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Society \So*ci"e*ty\, noun; plural Societies. [Latin societas, from socius a companion: compare to French soci['e]t['e]. See Social.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: Society

Domain	Definition
Biology & Biotechnology	A localised climax community, occurring within an area controlled by a single or a few dominant species, which is characterised by a single subdominant species. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Society The upper ten thousand, or "the upper ten." When persons are in "society," they are on the visiting lists of the fashionable social leaders. The "society" of a district are the great panjandrums thereof. "All the society of the district were present at the prince's ball."- Newspaper paragraph, December, 1885. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
SODEPAX	English	Committee on Society,Development and Peace of the World Council of Churches and the Pontifical Commission Justice and Pease	Religion & Philosophy
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Commonalty	Noun: commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition, low life, low society, low company; bourgeoisie; mass of the people, mass of society; Brown Jones and Robinson; lower classes, humbler classes, humbler orders; vulgar herd, common herd; rank and file, hoc genus omne; the many, the general,the crowd, the people, the populace, the million, the masses, the mobility, the peasantry; king Mob; proletariat; fruges consumere nati, demos, hoi polloi, great unwashed; man in the street.
	Mob; rabble, rabble rout; chaff, rout, horde, canaille; scum of the people, residuum of the people, dregs of the people, dregs of society; foex populi; trash; profanum vulgus, ignobile vulgus; vermin, riffraff, ragtag and bobtail; small fry.
	Beggar, gaberlunzie, muckworm, mudlark, sans culotte, raff, tatterdemalion, caitiff, ragamuffin, Pariah, outcast of society, tramp, vagabond, bezonian, panhandler, sundowner, chiffonnier, Cinderella, cinderwench, scrub, jade; gossoon.
Enemy	Public enemy, enemy to society.
Fashion	Set the fashion, bring in the fashion; give a tone to society, cut a figure in society; keep one's carriage.
	Noun: fashion, style, ton, bon ton, society; good society, polite society; monde; drawing-room, civilized life, civilization, town, beau monde, high life, court; world; fashionable world, gay world; Vanity Fair; show; (ostentation).
	Manners, breeding; (politeness); air, demeanor; (appearance); savoir faire; gentlemanliness, gentility, decorum, propriety, biens_ance; conventions of society; Mrs. Grundy; punctilio; form, formality; etiquette, point of etiquette; dress.
	Adjective: fashionable; in fashion; Noun: a la mode, comme il faut; admitted in society, admissible in society; Noun: presentable; conventional; (customary); genteel; well-bred, well mannered, well behaved, well spoken; gentlemanlike, gentlemanly; ladylike; civil, polite; (courteous).
Good Man	Salt of the earth; one in ten thousand; one in a million; a gentleman and a scholar; pillar of society, pillar of the community, a man among men.
Laity	Noun: laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly, brethren, people; society.
Mankind	People, persons, folk, public, society, world; community, community at large; general public; nation, nationality; state, realm; commonweal, commonwealth; republic, body politic; million. (commonalty); population. (inhabitant).
Party	Society, association; institution; union; trades union; league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination; Turnverein; league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive; coalition; federation; confederation, confederacy; junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue; freemasonry; party spirit; (cooperation).
Repute	Rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status; position, position in society; order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition.
Sociality	Social circle, family circle; circle of acquaintance, coterie, society, company. social gathering, social reunion; assembly; (assemblage); barbecue, bee; corn-husking, corn-shucking; house raising, barn raising; husking, husking-bee; infare.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Our society cannot condone men who take the law into their own hands (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) But when you're an overweight child, in a society that demands perfection, your sense of right and wrong will always be terribly skewed (Austin Powers in Goldmember; writing credit: Mike Myers) Credit is a sacred trust, it's what our free society is founded on. Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia (Repo Man; writing credit: Alex Cox) Mr. Marshall, if butlers told all they knew, society would be a shambles (Irene; writing credit: Alice Duer Miller; James Montgomery)
Lyrics	Where the dogs of society howl (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; performing artist: Elton John) Fear based society wrought by a morality of separation (Anarchy Through Capitolism; performing artist: Kottonmouth Kings) Was to be outside society. (Rock N Roll Nigger; performing artist: Patti Smith) She's high society (She's So High; performing artist: Tal Bachman) In the Audubon Society (Poisoning Pigeons In The Park; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Clever	We live in a society where pizza gets to your house before the police. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Bologna: An Ancient City for a New Society (1974) Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis (1973) Babette: The Return of the Secret Society (1968) The Secret Society (1965) Vagabundos no Society (1962)
Song Titles	Walking Away (performing artist: Information Society) What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (performing artist: Information Society)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Singapura Building Society Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Nationwide Building Society: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Malaysia Building Society Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Borrowed Time: Artificial Organs and the Politics of Extending Lives (Health, Society, and Policy) (reference) Giotto and his works in Padua : being an explanatory notice of the series of woodcuts executed for the Arundel Society after the frescoes in the Arena Chapel (reference) The Ash Wednesday Supper/LA Cena De Le Ceneri: LA Cena De Le Ceneri (Renaissance Society of America Reprint Texts, 4) (reference) Railroad Conference, 1999 Asme/IEEE Joint: IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, Sponsor(S (Asme/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference, 1999) (reference) Medieval and Early Colonial Assam: Society, Polity, Economy (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Ability British Computer Society (reference) Abstracts - Costume Society Of America Meeting & Symposium (reference) Abstracts - Society Gynecologic Investigation (reference) Abstracts Of American Society Of Animal Science (reference) Abstracts Of Papers Presented At The Annual Meeting Of The Society For Range Management (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Menace II Society (reference) In Society (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Mutual Admiration Society (reference) Challenge for a Civilized Society (reference) Coping with Society (reference) Society of Composers: Cultivated Choruses (reference) Eighteenth Street Lounge Soundtracks - Jet Society [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shows poster of artistically rendered landscape scene with woman standing in foreground holding a sword - white light shines down on woman with slogans: "Cancer Is Curable," "Enlist In The Women's Field Army," "American Society For The Control Of Cancer". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Poster shows an artistically rendered profile of woman with right arm holding up a sword with slogans: "Fight Cancer With Knowledge," "Enlist In The Women's Field Army," "American Society For The Control Of Cancer.". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ... Credit: NASA.		A view of the Royal Society Range from Observation Hill. 78 10 S Latitude 162 40 E Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Map of Antarctica - early Twentieth Century map from the National Geographic Society. Shows track of Admiral Richard Byrd's flight track to the South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Bathymetric map of the Gulf of Alaska by Harold Murray of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. The seamounts are named for C&GS hydrographers. In: "Submarine Mountains in the Gulf of Alaska" by Harold W. Murray of the C&GS. Published in Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 1941, Vol 52, pp. 333-362. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Dead Reckoning Lines in the Gulf of Alaska. Showing the systematic planning of tracklines year by year from 1925 to 1939 by the Coast and Geodetic Survey. In: "Submarine Mountains in the Gulf of Alaska" by Harold W. Murray of the C&GS. Published in Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 1941, Vol 52, pp. 333-362. Offprint call number: 526.98 M98. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		International headquarters for the Soil and Water Conservation Society in Ankeny, Iowa. Grounds include pond, prairie grasses, shrubs and trees, terraces, wildlife habitat and other conservation practices. Credit: Lynn Betts.
	Native Plant Society on a field trip with a BLM employee at Steens Mountain. Credit: Mark Armstrong.		Black and white wash painting of White-fronted Geese by Walter A. Weber, an artist who was a staff illustrator for the National Park Service, and well known for his work with the National Geographic Society. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.


"Sunset over society" by James Stephen Windsor Commentary: "I was looking for a dodgy sunset effect and took this picture directly from the roof of my house when the sun glared over the houses on our estate. I was quite surprised myself with the result."	"Sonic the Balloon" by Victoria Clare Commentary: "Sonic the hedgehog balloon kissing a building society."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Author	Quotation
Alexander Hamilton	I think the first duty of society is justice.
Euripides	Youth holds no society with grief.
Henri Frederic Amiel	Society lives by faith, and develops by science.
Publilius Syrus	Society in shipwreck is comfort to all.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	Society is a hospital of incurables.
	The virtues of society are vices of the saint.
	Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal.
Theodore Parker	As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
Thomas Carlyle	Society is founded upon cloth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	And I think it is plain, that it is far different from a politic society. (Second Treatise of Government)
Marbury v. Madison	1803	This theory is essentially attached to a written constitution, and is, consequently, to be considered, by this court, as one of the fundamental principles of our society. (reference)
Communist Manifesto	1848	They attack every principle of existing society. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	When the designs of wicked men or the aggressive urge of mighty States dissolve over large areas the frame of civilized society, humble folk are confronted with difficulties with which they cannot cope. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
United Nations	1948	The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. (reference)
Brown v. Board of Education	1954	Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. (reference)
John F. Kennedy	1961	If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. (reference)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	1963	One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1931)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	His rank in society I would alter if I could, which is saying a great deal I assure you, Emma
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	Look at the way Croquet is demoralizing Society.
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	As a final disposition, I contemplate depositing them with the Essex Historical Society.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	We live in a sad society.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	To this society all the rest of the people are slaves
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Society recovers only a tenth part of the property then
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		She began to withdraw from society. (references)
		From the Alzheimer Society of Canada. (references)
		AD puts a heavy economic burden on society. (references)
Business		It is condemned in society, and legal and medical recourse is available. (references)
		Chinese society continued to become more open and to diversify at a rapid pace. (references)
		The Citizenry Security Society (APROSEG) is a small but very active private institution. (references)
Children	Palau	Child prostitution is neither accepted within society nor practiced. (references)
	Mongolia	In practice, however, society shuns the disabled and most cannot find jobs. (references)
	Sweden	An NGO, Children's Rights in Society, offers counseling to troubled youngsters. (references)
Civil Liberties	Taiwan	Print media represent the full spectrum of views within society. (references)
	Romania	Programs for integrating refugees into society are developing slowly. (references)
	Cambodia	Most of the remainder is made up of ethnic Cham Muslims, who are well integrated into society. (references)
Discrimination	Kiribati	Society is fundamentally egalitarian and has no privileged class. (references)
	China	The concept of a largely homogeneous Chinese society pervades the thinking of the Han majority. (references)
	India	The traditional caste system as well as differences of ethnicity, religion, and language deeply divide society. (references)
Economic History	Japan	Japanese society and its political system are stable. (references)
	Cuba (09/01)	Under Castro, Cuba became a highly militarized society. (references)
	Chile	By 1973, Chilean society had split into two hostile camps. (references)
Human Rights	Venezuela	Most victims came from the poorest and least influential parts of society. (references)
	Bahrain	The society also sent representatives to attend the World Conference on Racism in Durban. (references)
	Iran	It serves as the principal vehicle of the State to restrict freedom and reform in the society. (references)
Indigenous People	Peru	Many other factors also contribute to the marginalization of indigenous people in society. (references)
	Brunei	The 6 percent of the population that is composed of indigenous people long has been integrated into society, and enjoys the same rights as other citizens. (references)
	Philippines	Although no specific laws discriminate against indigenous people, the remoteness of the areas that many inhabit and cultural bias prevent their full integration into society. (references)
Minorities	Albania	Their interests are represented by Society Prespa. (references)
	Cambodia	Ethnic Chinese citizens are well accepted in society. (references)
	Haiti	Mulattos generally belong to the wealthiest classes of society. (references)
Political Economy	Liberia	Extortion is widespread in all levels of society. (references)
	Hong Kong	Hong Kong is a free society with legally protected rights. (references)
	Mexico	Civil society activity is rapidly expanding throughout Mexico. (references)
Political Rights	Burkina Faso	Two members of civil society also have cabinet posts. (references)
	Zimbabwe	The bill was criticized widely by media and civil society groups and had not passed by year's end. (references)
	Micronesia	Cultural factors in the male-dominated society have limited women's representation in government and politics. (references)
Trade	Slovak Rep	Advisory assistance and trading are also provided to strengthen an enterprise's ability to achieve sustainable economic and employment growth while competing in a free market society. (references)
	Jamaica	The Jamaica National Building Society (which predominantly specializes in home mortgages) is the only Jamaican financial institution with branches in the U.S. All Jamaican commercial banks have correspondent U.S. banking arrangements. (references)
	Colombia	The importation of the following products has been specifically prohibited: dieldrin, aldrin, chlordane, endosulfan, heptachlor, lindane and any preparations containing these products; gasoline containing lead tetraethylene; and weapon-type toys (to reduce the influence of violence in the society). (references)
Travel	Hong Kong	Above all, it is a society that emphasizes hard work and success. (references)
	Korea	A business person should show great respect towards Korean society. (references)
	Botswana	Conversation Gambits: Botswana is a rapidly urbanizing society with strong rural roots. (references)
Women	Comoros	Men have the dominant role in society. (references)
	Swaziland	Women occupy a subordinate role in society. (references)
	Congo	Women are relegated to a secondary role in society. (references)
Worker Rights	Cuba	The demands of the economy and society take precedence over individual workers' preferences. (references)
	Albania	Albanian victims of trafficking often face significant stigmatization from their families and society. (references)
	Pakistan	Other local NGO's, such as the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child, are working to eliminate child labor. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	REGALIA, n. Distinguishing insignia, jewels and costume of such ancient and honorable orders as Knights of Adam; Visionaries of Detectable Bosh; the Ancient Order of Modern Troglodytes; the League of Holy Humbug; the Golden Phalanx of Phalangers; the Genteel Society of Expurgated Hoodlums; the Mystic Alliances of Georgeous Regalians; Knights and Ladies of the Yellow Dog; the Oriental Order of Sons of the West; the Blatherhood of Insufferable Stuff; Warriors of the Long Bow; Guardians of the Great Horn Spoon; the Band of Brutes; the Impenitent Order of Wife-Beaters; the Sublime Legion of Flamboyant Conspicuants; Worshipers at the Electroplated Shrine; Shining Inaccessibles; Fee-Faw-Fummers of the inimitable Grip; Jannissaries of the Broad-Blown Peacock; Plumed Increscencies of the Magic Temple; the Grand Cabal of Able-Bodied Sedentarians; Associated Deities of the Butter Trade; the Garden of Galoots; the Affectionate Fraternity of Men Similarly Warted; the Flashing Astonishers; Ladies of Horror; Cooperative Association for Breaking into the Spotlight; Dukes of Eden; Disciples Militant of the Hidden Faith; Knights-Champions of the Domestic Dog; the Holy Gregarians; the Resolute Optimists; the Ancient Sodality of Inhospitable Hogs; Associated Sovereigns of Mendacity; Dukes-Guardian of the Mystic Cess-Pool; the Society for Prevention of Prevalence; Kings of Drink; Polite Federation of Gents-Consequential; the Mysterious Order of the Undecipherable Scroll; Uniformed Rank of Lousy Cats; Monarchs of Worth and Hunger; Sons of the South Star; Prelates of the Tub-and-Sword.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Bob Jones	Well, at one time the entire South was segregated. If you're going to say I'm a segregationist that because I grew up in a segregationist society, you're going to have to say that about everybody in the South.
Dennis Miller	The balance between a free society and a safe society is a difficult one.
Dick Cheney	Protest to protect. I mean, that's the strength of our democracy. People can take to the streets and agree, disagree, demonstrate. As long as they're peaceful, I think it's a sign of a healthy society.
John Walsh	I've seen the worst of society and I've seen the best. When I was at Ground Zero I saw the horrible homicides that were committed there and the sadness, but I saw the best of America.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (common)	99.71%	23,751	367
Noun (proper)	0.29%	69	40,280
Total	100.00%	23,820	N/A

Expressions using "society": accumulating society ♦ affiliated society ♦ affluent society ♦ agricultural society ♦ Alzheimer's Society ♦ American Cancer Society ♦ american Society of Mechanical Engineers ♦ be banned by society ♦ benefit society ♦ benevolent society ♦ Bible Society ♦ building society ♦ caring society ♦ centralised society ♦ centralized society ♦ charity society ♦ choral society ♦ Christian Endeavor Young People's Society of ♦ class of society ♦ class society ♦ computer Conservation Society ♦ consumer society ♦ cooperative society ♦ Corresponding member of a society ♦ cream of society ♦ cut a figure in society ♦ debating society ♦ digital Equipment Computer Users Society ♦ drop out from society ♦ drop out of society ♦ elite of society ♦ enemy to society ♦ ethnic society ♦ European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ♦ European Survey of Information Society Projects and Actions ♦ fabian society ♦ familistic society ♦ form a society ♦ fraternal society ♦ free society ♦ friendly society ♦ Geographic and Land Information Society ♦ get a footing in society ♦ high society ♦ honorary society ♦ human society ♦ humane society ♦ hunting and gathering society ♦ ideal society ♦ IEEE Computer Society ♦ international Core War Society ♦ international Society for Krishna Consciousness ♦ internet Society ♦ loan society ♦ managerial society ♦ member of a society ♦ open society ♦ permissive society ♦ pest of society ♦ philharmonic Society ♦ pillar of society ♦ polite society ♦ primitive society ♦ proceedings of a society ♦ provident society ♦ regulations of the society ♦ Religious Society of Friends ♦ respectable society ♦ ribbon Society ♦ Royal Society ♦ Royal Society of London for Improving Natual Knowledge ♦ scheme of society ♦ scum of the society ♦ secret society ♦ service society ♦ society column ♦ Society for Computers and Law ♦ society gossip ♦ Society Hill ♦ society Islands ♦ society life ♦ society man ♦ society of friends ♦ society of jesus ♦ Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers ♦ society of the Sacred Heart ♦ society person ♦ society verses ♦ society weddings ♦ student society ♦ Tammany Society ♦ temperance society ♦ the dregs of the society ♦ the family is the unit of society ♦ the permissive society ♦ The Planetary Society ♦ the society of jesus ♦ Transaction of a society ♦ tribal society ♦ United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing ♦ waifs and strays of society. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "society": society-are, society-as-parent, society-breaking, society-centred, society-column, society-environment, society-filled, society-monarchy, society-mortgagee, society-organised, society-s, society-spring.
	Ending with "society": building-society, design-and-society, design-society, high-society, sub-society.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "society"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		vereniging (academy, association, circle, club), samelewing, klub (club). (various references)

Albanian		shoqërim (accompaniment, attendance, concomitance, convoy, touch, tracking), shoqëri (association, companionship, company, comradeship, consortium, crowd, entourage, fellowship, gang, guild, life, tendance, world). (various references)

Arabic		‏مجتمع راق, ‏مجتمع (community, folk), ‏حفلة أنس وسمر, ‏جمعية (assembly, association, club, consortium, institute, institution, meeting, organization), ‏الجمعية (assembly, collectivity). (various references)

Bulgarian		светско общество (fashion), светски (earthbound, earthly, fashionable, fleshly, laic, lay, material, mundane, profane, secular, smart, social, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, unclerical, world, worldly), секта (denomination, persuasion, sect), компания (bunch, circle, companionship, company, crowd, lot, party, push, set, tribe, troop), група (assortment, band, bandwagon, batch, body, category, clan, cluster, cohort, crowd, gang, group, knot, party, series, set, squad, stirps, suite, troop), висшо общество (quality), орден (decoration, medal, order), общуване (association, communication, communion, companionship, connection, conversation, converse, fraternization, intercommunication, intercourse, touch), общество (community, company, life, public, sodality, world), дружество (association, company, fellowship, organization). (various references)

Chinese		黨 (association, club, party), 社會 , 社会 (social, societal, Societies), 社 (group), 團 (circular, group, regiment, round). (various references)

Czech		spolek (association, club, guild, syndicate), spoleènost (association, community, companionship, company, corporation, incorporation, league, partnership, party, set, world), sdružení (association, clearing house, corporation, guild, syndicate, union), klub (club). (various references)

Danish		selskab (academy, circle, club, company). (various references)

Dutch		sociëteit (academy, circle, club), gemeenschap (community), club (club). (various references)

Esperanto		socio, societo, klubo (club). (various references)

Faeroese		samfelag, klubbi (club), felagsskapur (academy, circle, club, corporation, trade-union, union), felag (academy, association, circle, club, company, connection, league). (various references)

Farsi		معاشرت (Commerce), مجمع (Convent, Convention), نظام اجتماعی , حشرونشر, جمعیت (Army, Bike, Company, Crowd, Flock, Gang, Group, Habitancy, Heap, Herd, Mob, Party, People, Population, Press, Throng), جامعه , انسگان , انجمن (Assemblage, Assembly, Club, Community, Company, Congress, Convention, Convocation, Council, Group, Guild, Institute, Moot, Order), اجتماع (Assemblage, Assembly, Collection, Commonweal, Community, Crowd, Hurricane, Milieu, Muster, Turnout), اشتراک مساعی , شرکت (Bodycorporate, Cahoot, Corporation, Firm, Hand, Unity). (various references)

Finnish		seura (academy, assembly, circle, club, company, party). (various references)

French		société, club. (various references)

Frisian		klup (club), fennoatskip (academy, circle, club, company). (various references)

German		Gesellschaft (academy, assn, association, bunch, circle, club, companionship, company, corporation, crowd, fellowship, function, group of people, guests, house party, limited partnership, line, pack, party, reception), Verein (association, club, guild, joint, organization, outfit, social club, union), Klub (club). (various references)

Greek		κοινωνία (communion, community). (various references)

Hebrew		עמותה (association, company, fellowship), אגודה (association, bundle, fascine, fellowship, group, package, sodality, troop), אגוד (association, binding together, guild, joined, organization, tied, union), חברותה, חברה (company, folk, sodality), כלל האוכלוסיה (community). (various references)

Hungarian		társadalom (culture). (various references)

Indonesian		pergaulan (association, interaction, social intercourse), masyarakat (public), ikatan (bond, knot, league, loop, tie, union). (various references)

Italian		compagnia (academy, bevy, circle, club, companionship, company, corporation, crowd, fellowship, gang, gathering, group, lot, party, squad), società (association, club, company, corporation, partnership, trust). (various references)

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	That individuals should undertake to wage private war, independently of the authority of their country, can not be permitted in a well-ordered society.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	We believe that all states which are accepted in the society of nations should have access on equal terms to the trade and the raw materials of the world.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	I believe that we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.
Richard Nixon	1969-1974	Well, one of the strengths of our free society is that any American has a right to reach that conclusion and to advocate that point of view.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Families stand at the center of our society.
George Bush	1989-1993	There are few clear areas in which we as a society must rise up united and express our intolerance.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Violent crime and the fear it provokes are crippling our society, limiting personal freedom and fraying the ties that bind us.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	A civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "society".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Hebron	N/A	Biblical	Society
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Country	Name	Country	Name
Malaysia	Malaysia Building Society Berhad	Singapore	Singapura Building Society Limited
United Kingdom	Nationwide Building Society
	(more examples...)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
american cancer society	4,733	cancer society	270
humane society	3,802	upper canada law society	265
society	2,189	national geographic society	235
society culture	1,358	american bible society	227
red hat society	1,316	child aid society	214
black label society	902	leukemia and lymphoma society	208
michigan humane society	653	law society	198
dead poet society	516	san diego humane society	196
audubon society	471	nebraska humane society	193
toronto humane society	462	chicago historical society	189
canadian cancer society	427	hemlock society	186
humane society wisconsin	391	ms society	182
society for human resource management	390	humane society minnesota	178
secret society	386	high society magazine	177
national honor society	372	atlanta humane society	177
oregon humane society	371	minnesota historical society	174
nationwide building society	351	ohio historical society	172
high society	341	american welding society	171
american chemical society	309	child home society	165
arizona humane society	300	international bible society	160
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	coetu, coetum, coetus, coetuum, collegium, congregatio, proceres, societas, societate, societatem, societatis. (various references)
French	1500-Modern	cabal. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Acts Chapter 24, Verse 5
Albanian	Ne kemi gjetur se ky njeri është një murtajë dhe shkakton trazira midis gjithë Judenjve që janë në botë dhe është kryetari i sektit të Nazarenasve.
Cebuano	Kay among nakita nga maoy usa ka samokan kining tawhana, tig-ugda ug mga kagubot sa tanang mga Judio sa tibuok kalibutan, ug pangulo sa pundok sa mga Nazareno.
Chinese	我們看這個人、如同瘟疫一般、是鼓動普天下眾猶太人生亂的、又是拿撒勒教黨裡的一個頭目．
Croatian	Utvrdismo da je ovaj èovjek kuga, da pokreæe bune meðu svim Židovima po svijetu, da je kolovoða nazaretske sljedbe,
Danish	Vi have nemlig fundet, at denne Mand er en Pest og en Oprørsstifter iblandt alle Jøderne hele Verden over, samt er Fører for Nazaræernes Parti,
Dutch	Want wij hebben dezen man bevonden te zijn een pest, en een, die oproer verwekt onder al de Joden, door de ganse wereld, en een oppersten voorstander van de sekte der Nazarenen.
Finnish	Me olemme havainneet, että tämä mies on ruttotauti ja metelinnostaja kaikkien koko maailman juutalaisten keskuudessa ja nasaretilaisten lahkon päämies,
French	Nous avons trouvé cet homme, qui est une peste, qui excite des divisions parmi tous les Juifs du monde, qui est chef de la secte des Nazaréens,
German	Wir haben diesen Mann gefunden schädlich, und der Aufruhr erregt allen Juden auf dem ganzen Erdboden, und einen vornehmsten der Sekte der Nazarener,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kami dapati orang ini pengacau yang berbahaya. Di mana-mana ia menimbulkan keributan di antara orang-orang Yahudi dan ia menjadi pemimpin gerakan orang-orang Nazaret.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Karena orang ini hamba sekalian dapati seperti sampar, yaitu seorang penggerak huru-hara kepada sekalian orang Yahudi di seluruh dunia, dan menjadi kepala mazhab Nasrani,
Italian	Abbiamo scoperto che quest'uomo è una peste, fomenta continue rivolte tra tutti i Giudei che sono nel mondo ed è capo della setta dei Nazorei.
Latvian	Mçs atradâm, ka ðis cilvçks ir mçris un nemiera cçlâjs starp visiem jûdiem visâ pasaulç un Nâcarieða sektas vadîtâjs,
Maori	I mau hoki i a matou te koroke nei, he tangata whakatutehu, e whakaoho ana i nga Hurai katoa o te ao, ko ia hoki te tino take o te titorehanga ki ta nga Nahareti:
Norwegian	For vi har funnet at denne mann er en pest og en opvigler blandt alle jøder rundt om i verden og en leder for nasareernes sekt;
Portuguese	Temos achado que este homem é uma peste, e promotor de sedições entre todos os judeus, por todo o mundo, e chefe da seita dos nazarenos;
Rumanian	Am gqsit pe omul acesta, care este o ciumq: pune la cale rqzvrqtiri printre toyi Iudeii de pe tot pqmkntul, este mai marele partidei Nazarinenilor,
Shuar	Ju aishman Papru, sunkura utsukratniua Núniniaiti. Niisha Ashí nunkanam mesetan najanatniun Israer aentsun Ikiakáiniaiti. Tura Jesusa aentsri, Nasarénu tuinia nuna uuntrinti.
Spanish	Porque hemos hallado que este hombre es una plaga, y es promotor de sediciones entre los judíos de todo el mundo y cabecilla de la secta de los nazarenos.
Swahili	Tumegundua kwamba mtu huyu ni wa hatari mno. Yeye huanzisha ghasia kati ya Wayahudi kila mahali duniani na pia ni kiongozi wa kile chama cha Wanazareti.
Uma	"Ta'uli' -mi-hawo, Paulus toei-e mai, tauna to mpobalinai' ngata. Hiapa-apa-i mpo'usoki to Yahudi mpo'ewa topoparenta. Pai' hi'a toe-mi pangkeni-ra to mpotuku' tudui' -na Yesus to Nazaret.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words ending with "society": intersociety, subsociety. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Society" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Schetky, Scivetti, scoiety, soceity, socoiety, soriety, sowiet. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "society" (pronounced susī"utē)
4	-ī" u t ē	anxiety, impropriety, notoriety, piety, propriety, sobriety, variety.
3	-u t ē	absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, ability, abnormality, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-i-o-s-t-y"
	-1 letter: cestoi, coyest.
	-2 letters: cesti, cites, coset, cosey, cosie, cotes, escot, stoic, yetis.
	-3 letters: cist, cite, city, cost, cosy, cote, cots, coys, cyst, etic, ices, otic, oyes, scot, sect, sice, site, stey, stye, syce, tics, ties, toes, toys, tyes, yeti.
	-4 letters: cis, cos, cot, coy, ice, icy, its, oes, ose, sec, sei, set, sic, sit.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-i-o-s-t-y"
	+1 letter: cytosine.
	+2 letters: copyedits, costively, cryolites, cytokines, cytosines, epicotyls, lipocytes, obscenity.
	+3 letters: adipocytes, chrysolite, chrysotile, cytogenies, cytologies, dictyosome, exocytosis, histiocyte, hypocrites, isocyanate, mesophytic, microcytes, preciosity, societally, sociometry, speciosity, subsociety, viscometry, wyliecoats.
	+4 letters: actinomyces, bellicosity, chrysolites, chrysotiles, cleistogamy, compositely, consistency, copywriters, countryside, courtesying, cytokineses, cytokinesis, decryptions, dictyosomes, dictyostele, discourtesy, domesticity, encryptions, endocytosis, facetiously, histiocytes, hypsometric, isocyanates, nonsystemic, pinocytoses, plyometrics, retinoscopy, sectionally, steatopygic, stereotypic, syncopative, tenaciously, trichogynes, tyrocidines, voyeuristic.
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Society

Definition: Society

Society

Noun

Specialty Definition: Society

Specialty Definition: Society

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Society

Synonyms: Society

Synonyms within Context: Society

Commonalty

Enemy

Fashion

Good Man

Laity

Mankind

Party

Repute

Sociality

Crosswords: Society

Modern Usage: Society

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Society

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: Society

Photos:Society

Illustrations:Society

Computer Images:Society

Photo Album: Society

Digital Photo Gallery: Society

Familiar Quotations: Society

Alexander Hamilton

Euripides

Henri Frederic Amiel

Publilius Syrus

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Theodore Parker

Thomas Carlyle

Historic Usage: Society

John Locke

Marbury v. Madison

Communist Manifesto

Winston S. Churchill

United Nations

Brown v. Board of Education

John F. Kennedy

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Use in Literature: Society

Emma

Austen, Jane

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Society

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Society

Bob Jones

Dennis Miller

Dick Cheney

John Walsh

Speeches: Society

Thomas Jefferson

Andrew Jackson

Harry S. Truman

John F. Kennedy

Photos:
Society

Illustrations:
Society

Computer Images:
Society