English noun: social system | |||
1. | social system (group) the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships | ||
Samples | The social organization of England and America is very different. Sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family. | ||
Synonyms | social organisation, social organization, social structure, structure | ||
Broader (hypernym) | scheme, system | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | class structure, feudal system, feudalism, matriarchate, matriarchy, meritocracy, patriarchate, patriarchy, pluralism, segregation, separatism | ||
Member holonym | form of government, political system | ||
Member meronym | society | ||