a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
<noun.group> [ adj ]
relating to human society and its members
<adj.pert> social institutions societal evolution societal forces social legislation
living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups
<adj.all> a human being is a social animal mature social behavior
relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society
<adj.pert> made fun of her being so social and high-toned a social gossip colum the society page
composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability
<adj.all> a purely social club the church has a large social hall a social director
tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind
<adj.all> ants are social insects
marked by friendly companionship with others
<adj.all> a social cup of coffee
Social \So"cial\, a. [L. socialis, from socius a companion; akin to sequi to follow: cf. F. social. See {Sue} to follow.] 1. 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. ``Social phenomena.'' --J. S. Mill.
2. Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
3. Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
Best with thyself accompanied, seek'st not Social communication. --Milton.
4. (Bot.) Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same species.
5. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees. (b) Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.
{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.
The first is that the treaty signed in Maastricht did not envisage that Britain would participate in the social chapter.
The accompanying social changes are slowly forcing changes in the way business is conducted and in the way the bureaucracy works.
Other key issues, he says, will include details of how the single market will work, environmental, consumer and social issues and the EEC's relationship with the rest of the world.
Mr. Kennan's advocacy of containment was inappropriate 40 years ago, though its application today can be rewarding in denying the Soviets the ability to intimidate the West and obtain support for a crumbling social and economic system.
Worst hit, said shadow social security secretary Michael Meacher, were those not eligible for the full Pounds 140 poll tax deduction because they already received rebates.
For the many Beijing residents who scorn the government but are uneasy about social unrest, it's a matter of enduring the propaganda and the police.
In this week's Spectator magazine, John Patten, the education secretary, complains that science has weakened faith and thus contributed to social malaise.
Saunas have flourished longer than another immigrant legacy: social radicalism.
A government social worker arrives to offer a lesson on home finance and the rules of a free housing market.
Many of them return to visit relatives, to donate money for social services or to invest in local enterprises.
Shouting over the rumble of a dual carriageway, he talks almost exclusively about social issues, and the rising tide of petty crime which he links to the 9.9 per cent jobless rate. 'Everywhere you go, the most pressing problem is unemployment.
"American troops will be entering a quagmire more complex than Vietnam," said Kevin Zeese, vice president of the Drug Policy Foundation, a Washington think tank that emphasizes the economic and social issues behind the drug problem.
But some have spent so much time in hospitals, in broken homes or at arm's length from a terrified society that social skills like speaking have not been properly developed.
The coming change in the labor force will follow a decade, the 1980s, of significant social transformation in the United States, lifestyle changes likely to continue through the coming 10 years.
"Losing," in a democratic sense, is an alien concept in Communist social thinking.
That is up from $11.7 billion in 1989, but it includes social security payments and airport funds.
Narrated by Meryl Streep and directed by Phil Joanou, the film is a series of informal interviews with seven-year-olds from widely varying social, economic and ethnic backgrounds.
Mr Blair has already made the elision between acceptance of a dynamic market economy and a role for government in creating the conditions for economic success and social stability.
Others go blissfully on, voting large raises for themselves and constituents, handing out dollars for pet projects where their greatest poitical support is, and not enacting any really meaningful reform for both social and economic issues.
East Germany and West Germany plan to merge their economies and social institutions by July 2, when the West German mark will become the currency of East Germany.
European Unions ministers responsible for the single market meet in Brussels. Informal meeting of the European Union social affairs ministers in Greece. Results from Smith & Nephew and TI Group. FRIDAY: Usable steel production (February).
In his letter, Sokol said fascism and communism had in common "destruction of all democratic rights" and "the method of terror and social demagoguery."
The department is now part of the university's school of social work.
Carolyn Lipson-Walker, whose doctoral dissertation is titled "Shalom Y'all: The Folklore and Culture of Southern Jews," said Southern Jews have fused their social and religious practices to produce a dual culture.
Her organization has been critical of the INS and immigration laws, saying they don't address the social problems that make people desperate enough to try illegal entry into the United States.
One monitored human rights and other social issues; the other was responsible for watching the U.N.'s progress on reform and budget-cutting.
"A very difficult period has passed without major social upheavals," he said.
"The real answer to alcohol abuse and any social costs associated with it is education of the public, and especially the young," said Gary Zizka of the National Beer Wholesalers' Association in a telephone interview Thursday from Washington.
It calls for an agreement for the program of reform and plans for activities and the way of social control.
'Almost all the European countries now agree that they have to review their social security systems.