society
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Synonyms for society
Synonyms: Noun
association, board, brotherhood, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, council, fellowship, fraternity, guild (also gild), institute, institution, league, order, organization, sodality
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Examples of society in a Sentence
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Poverty hurts society as a whole. We need to do more to help the poorer members of our society. the values of Western society She was introduced to society at a formal reception. The club's members are drawn from the ranks of high society.
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But some leading lights ignored critics, including within the profession, who warned that their clever theories did not adequately capture society’s complexities. — The Economist, "When economists ruled the world," 31 Aug. 2019 The film, written by Phillips and Scott Silver, is described as a gritty portrayal of a character ostracized by society. — Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Joker': What the Critics are Saying," 31 Aug. 2019 On Keanon Lowe, the former Oregon wideout who defined bravery while facing an all-too-common menace in today’s society… Darrell Bevell bounces back again, this time in Detroit. — Conor Orr, SI.com, "Ezekiel Elliott and Jerry Jones Remain Tightly Locked in Contract Dispute," 30 Aug. 2019 None, though, deny that whether for good or ill, the benefit of society or himself, Levandowski has played a propulsive role in the development of self-driving tech. — Wired, "How Anthony Levandowski Put Himself at the Center of an Industry," 29 Aug. 2019 Are the individual workers at a government agency allowed to drive people to madness trying to get things that society has already said there are owed? — Dina Nayeri, Longreads, "When Your Social Worker Thinks You’re Ungrateful," 29 Aug. 2019 Not everyone is sure that today’s industrialized, globalized societies will be around long enough to define a new geological epoch. — Ben Marwick, The Conversation, "Surveying archaeologists across the globe reveals deeper and more widespread roots of the human age, the Anthropocene," 29 Aug. 2019 This was decades before air conditioning became a common convenience, and society women were expected to cover up in full, polished outfits even while on vacation, and especially for outings at the beach. — Kami Phillips, CNN Underscored, "10 white styles you should totally wear after Labor Day," 29 Aug. 2019 And yet the workings of this subterranean society are almost unknown to scientists. — Quanta Magazine, "Soil’s Microbial Market Shows the Ruthless Side of Forests," 27 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'society.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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