society
noun
[ səˈsʌɪɪti ]
• the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.
• "drugs, crime, and other dangers to society"
Similar:
the community,
the public,
the general public,
the people,
the population,
civilization,
the world at large,
humankind,
mankind,
humanity,
• an organization or club formed for a particular purpose or activity.
• "the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds"
Similar:
association,
club,
group,
band,
circle,
fellowship,
body,
guild,
college,
lodge,
order,
fraternity,
confraternity,
brotherhood,
sisterhood,
sorority,
league,
federation,
union,
alliance,
affiliation,
institution,
coterie,
sodality,
• the situation of being in the company of other people.
• "she shunned the society of others"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘companionship, friendly association with others’): from French société, from Latin societas, from socius ‘companion’.
