social organisation

social organisation
noun
the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
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the social organization of England and America is very different

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sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family

Hypernyms: ↑system, ↑scheme
Hyponyms:
Member Holonyms: ↑society
Member Meronyms: ↑political system, ↑form of government

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