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Antonyms for society
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suh-sahy-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : səˈsaɪ ɪ ti |
Definition of society
Origin :- 1530s, "companionship, friendly association with others," from Old French societe "company" (12c., Modern French société), from Latin societatem (nominative societas) "fellowship, association, alliance, union, community," from socius "companion" (see social (adj.)).
- Meaning "group, club" is from 1540s, originally of associations of persons for some specific purpose. Meaning "people bound by neighborhood and intercourse aware of living together in an ordered community" is from 1630s. Sense of "the more cultivated part of any community" first recorded 1823, hence "fashionable people and their doings." The Society Islands were named 1769 by Cook on his third Pacific voyage in honor of the Royal Society, which financed his travels across the world to observe the transit of Venus.
- noun humankind, people
- noun organization, institution
- noun upper class of people
- He was acquainted with the women of society, and with the women who only wished to be in society.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- The first duty of law is to keep sound the society it serves.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- A society that had escaped from fear would escape from their control.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He needs no nation, or government, or society, or companions before him or behind him.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- How the devil would have laughed at the idea of a society for saving the world!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- He was not very patient with what he called the "trammels" of society.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- To forget her friends that she might go into society a countess!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Now let us ask what are a child's rights, and what are the rights of society over the child.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- Like many of the courtiers, Mistress Fitton affected the society of the players.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- He was entirely masculine, and her evident pleasure in his society gratified him.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Synonyms for society
- alliance
- aristocracy
- association
- beau monde
- beautiful people
- camaraderie
- circle
- civilization
- clan
- clique
- club
- commonality
- commonwealth
- community
- companionship
- company
- comradeship
- corporation
- coterie
- country set
- culture
- elite
- flower
- friendship
- gang
- general public
- gentry
- glitterati
- group
- guild
- haut monde
- high society
- hookup
- humanity
- institute
- jet set
- jungle
- league
- main line
- nation
- network
- order
- outfit
- patriciate
- polite society
- population
- public
- quality
- rat race
- ring
- smart set
- social order
- sodality
- syndicate
- tie-in
- tie-up
- top drawer
- union
- upper crust
- who's who
- world
- zoo
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