society

society
noun
1 PEOPLE IN GENERAL (U) people in general, considered in relation to the structure of laws, organizations etc that makes it possible for them to live together: Society has a right to expect people to obey the law. | a danger to society: He should be locked up; he's a danger to society!
2 A PARTICULAR GROUP (C, U) a particular large group of people who share laws, organizations, customs etc: Britain is a multi-racial society. | Drug abuse is one of the problems confronting modern Western society. | the consumer society: Is greed a product of the consumer society? | the affluent society: Shopaholics are a new problem, born of the affluent society. | polite society (=people who think they have the highest standards of behaviour)
3 CLUB (C) an organization or a club with members who share similar interests, aims etc: the university film society | the Law Society
4 UPPER CLASS (U) the fashionable group of people who are rich and belong to the upper class: a society wedding | high society (=the richest, most fashionable etc people) | be introduced into society (=to begin to attend the fashionable events organized by this group)
5 COMPANY (U) formal the companionship of other people: Jacob shunned the society of others, preferring to be alone.
—see also: building society, friendly society

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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