societies

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

(pl. )
of Society
  

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