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social
1. Relating to human society and how it is organized.
2. Relating to the way in which people in groups behave and interact.
3. Living or preferring to live as part of a community or colony rather than alone; such as, social insects including ants.
4. Allowing people to meet and to interact with others in a friendly way; for example, a social club.
5. Relating to human welfare and the organized welfare services that a community provides in its social services. 6. Relating to or considered appropriate to a rank in society, especially the upper classes.
7. Tending to seek out the company of others.
8. A description of plants that grow in clumps or masses.
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(Latin: companion, partner, ally, comrade; interpersonal relationships, living with others, allied, associated; characterized by friendliness or geniality)
Word Entries containing the term: “social
social anthropology (s) (noun),social anthropologies (pl)
The study of human groups characteristics that are acquired amd transmitted by learning; such as, social organizations, kinship systems, social rules, tribal organizations, community structures, classes, castes, technologies, languages, customs, traditions, religions, art, etc.: Social anthropologyconcentrates on the analysis and explanations of the whole range of relations with people as parts of a system of community organizations or structures.
social pediatrics
A whole-family and whole-community approach to child medical problems and prevention.

To focus on an entire neighborhood village at once, new community center facilities were required that allowed for communal meals, play, unstructured time, and other elements of an intentional community.

Doctors and nurses are introduced to children first as playmates, not as supervisors, increasing their trust and likelihood that key information about the sources of their medical issues will be revealed and accurately integrated into their medical needs.

social security
A system of legislative, or government, provisions aimed at giving assistance to individuals and families when confronted with certain contingencies or needs.

The provisions vary from country to country, but may include unemployment and sickness benefits, family allowances, maternity allowances, retirement income, etc.

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Social Security check
Month-to-month resuscitation.
social vulnerability (s) (noun), social vulnerabilities (pl)
One dimension of multiple stressors and shocks, including natural hazards: These social vulnerabilities refer to the inability of people, organizations, and societies to withstand adverse impacts from multiple stressors to which they are exposed.

These impacts of social vulnerabilities are caused in part by characteristics inherent in social interactions, institutions, and systems of cultural values.

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