society
noun
Simple meaning
A large group of people sharing culture, language, and customs
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
səˈsaɪəti
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
countable
A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
uncountable
The people of one's country or community taken as a whole.
countable
The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
countable
A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
uncountable
High society.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- General English
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This meaning: A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
Used this way, society is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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Word family
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Related to A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An island group of French Polynesia in the South Pacific to the east of Samoa.
A Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660.
A Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen.
An association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism.
The fashionable elite.
An institution for the advancement of art or science or literature.
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Synonyms
Sense: long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language
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