Collocations for "society"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "society" in context.
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society
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [modern, high, civil, historic, ancient, industrial] society
- [British, New York] society
- the [manners, customs, expectations] of (British) society
- [issues, decisions, events] affecting society
- a [cultural, scientific, law] society
- the [evolution, progress, development, rise, fall, collapse] of society
- the [fears, concerns, needs] of the society
- the ancient societies of [Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia]
- a [peril, danger, threat] to society
- a [type, sort, kind, class] of society
- the [running, management, policies] of a society
- [unacceptable, how to behave] in polite society
- [shunned, rejected, enjoyed] his society
- society's [expectations, problem, idea]
- a society [function, wedding, event]
'society' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Asian
- German
- abstract
- accepted
- advance
- affluent
- alien
- ancient
- associate
- backbone
- backward
- blight
- cancer
- cast
- changing
- chartered
- confine
- conform
- consumer
- contemporary
- cream
- crust
- culture
- curse
- decay
- deeply
- demise
- disconnect
- element
- entrench
- equal
- evil
- evolve
- exclusive
- extreme
- fabric
- faith
- fellow
- firmly
- foundation
- friend
- frown
- further
- inclusive
- indictment
- integration
- isolation
- just
- knowing
- learned