Society

adj. of or pertaining to the upper class

n. group of people who have joined together to pursue a common interest or goal, association, organization; community; human beings and the relations between them; rich upper class; fellowship, companionship

A society is a grouping of individuals which is characterized by common interests and may have distinctive culture and institutions. Members of a society may be from different ethnic groups. A society may be a particular people, such as the Nuer, a nation state, such as Switzerland, or a broader cultural group, such as Western society.
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Noun
1. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
(hypernym) social group
(hyponym) civilization, civilisation
(member-meronym) social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structure
(part-meronym) sector
2. a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
(synonym) club, guild, gild, lodge, order
(hypernym) association
(hyponym) athenaeum, atheneum
(member-meronym) club member
3. the state of being with someone; "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends"
(synonym) company, companionship, fellowship
(hypernym) friendship, friendly relationship
(hyponym) freemasonry
4. the fashionable elite
(synonym) high society, beau monde, smart set, bon ton
(hypernym) elite, elite group
(member-meronym) Four Hundred

(n.)
The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.
  

(n.)
The persons, collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances.
  

(n.)
Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.
  

(n.)
Connection; participation; partnership.
  

(n.)
A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society.
  

A group of people formed as a separate organization and which has as a stated purpose some charitable or benevolent purpose either in regards to the public at-large or in regards to the common interests of the members, and which operates as nearly as possible at cost. - (read more on Society)