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contrôle social

Definitions of contrôle social
  1. noun
    control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
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    types:
    autorités, gouvernement
    the act of governing; exercising authority
    exécution, mise à exécution
    the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to
    collectivisation, nationalisation
    the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
    devoir
    the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
    gestion
    the act of managing something
    privation
    act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
    apaisement
    the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
    collectivisation, expropriation, nationalisation
    changing something from private to state ownership or control
    dénationalisation, privatisation
    changing something from state to private ownership or control
    discrimination, favoritisme, népotisme
    unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
    mobilisation
    act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"
    démobilisation
    act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops
    formalisation, normalisation, régularisation, standardisation
    the imposition of standards or regulations
    châtiment, peine, punition, pénalisation, sanction
    the act of punishing
    curatelle, tutelle
    the responsibility of a guardian or keeper
    mauvaise gestion
    government that is inefficient or dishonest
    legislation
    the act of making or enacting laws
    exécution
    the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
    culture, raffinement
    socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
    éducation
    helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
    devoir de citoyen
    the responsibilities of a citizen
    devoir filial
    duty of a child to its parents
    mauvaise administration, mauvaise gestion
    management that is careless or inefficient
    contrôle, supervision
    management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
    gestion
    a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
    autorisation, procuration
    the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
    conciliation
    the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
    favoritisme, népotisme
    favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
    racisme
    discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
    sexisme
    discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex
    armement
    the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
    désarmement
    act of reducing or depriving of arms
    service militaire
    compulsory military service
    réarmement
    the act of militarizing again
    stabilisation
    the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable
    châtiment, punition, sanction
    verbal punishment
    punition corporelle
    the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
    emprisonnement, peine privative de liberté
    putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
    mortification
    punishment inflicted on yourself
    expiation, humiliation volontaire
    voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
    condition, condition préalable
    something that is required in advance
    type of:
    action de groupe
    action taken by a group of people
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