social control

/ˌsoʊʃəl kənˌtroʊl/

Other forms: social controls

Definitions of social control

1. noun

   control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
   types:

   auto limitation

   social control achieved as a manifestation of self-will or general consent

   sanction

   a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

   population control

   control over the growth of population; a government program

   administration, governance, governing, government, government activity

   the act of governing; exercising authority

   enforcement

   the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to

   domination

   social control by dominating

   acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization

   the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture

   duty, obligation, responsibility

   the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

   military control, occupation

   the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power

   direction, management

   the act of managing something

   deprivation, privation

   act of depriving someone of food or money or rights

   appeasement, calming

   the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)

   communisation, communization, nationalisation, nationalization

   changing something from private to state ownership or control

   denationalisation, denationalization, privatisation, privatization

   changing something from state to private ownership or control

   detribalisation, detribalization

   the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living

   discrimination, favoritism, favouritism

   unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

   patronage

   (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support

   militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization

   act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"

   demobilisation, demobilization

   act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops

   normalisation, normalization, standardisation, standardization

   the imposition of standards or regulations

   penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment, sanction

   the act of punishing

   corrections

   the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole

   job

   the responsibility to do something

   guardianship, keeping, safekeeping

   the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

   misgovernment, misrule

   government that is inefficient or dishonest

   lawmaking, legislating, legislation

   the act of making or enacting laws

   trust busting

   (law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially under the United States antitrust laws)

   coercion

   the act of compelling by force of authority

   carrying out, execution, implementation

   the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

   imposition, infliction

   the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

   law enforcement

   ensuring obedience to the laws

   bossism

   domination of a political organization by a party boss

   mastery, subordination

   the act of mastering or subordinating someone

   monopolisation, monopolization

   domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion of others

   cultivation

   socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners

   breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing

   helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

   moral obligation

   an obligation arising out of considerations of right and wrong

   noblesse oblige

   the obligation of those of high rank to be honorable and generous (often used ironically)

   burden of proof

   the responsibility to show evidence of a disputed claim

   civic duty, civic responsibility

   the responsibilities of a citizen

   filial duty

   duty of a child to its parents

   imperative

   some duty that is essential and urgent

   incumbency

   a duty that is incumbent upon you

   legal duty

   acts which the law requires be done or forborne

   line of duty

   all that is normally required in some area of responsibility

   white man's burden

   the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects

   conducting

   the direction of an orchestra or choir

   database management

   creation and maintenance of a database

   finance

   the management of money and credit and banking and investments

   homemaking

   the management of a household

   misconduct

   bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

   misdirection, mismanagement

   management that is careless or inefficient

   handling, treatment

   the management of someone or something

   oversight, superintendence, supervising, supervision

   management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

   administration, disposal

   a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

   authorisation, authorization, empowerment

   the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

   disenfranchisement

   the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise

   canalisation, canalization, channelisation, channelization

   management through specified channels of communication

   guidance, steering

   the act of guiding or showing the way

   impoverishment, pauperisation, pauperization

   the act of making someone poor

   starvation, starving

   the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

   mollification, pacification

   the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined

   conciliation, placation, propitiation

   the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

   nomenklatura

   the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party

   able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ableism, ablism

   discrimination in favor of the able-bodied

   ageism, agism

   discrimination against people based on how old they are (especially elderly or middle-aged individuals)

   cronyism

   favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)

   fatism, fattism

   discrimination against people who are overweight

   heterosexism

   discrimination in favor of heterosexual and against homosexual people

   nepotism

   favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)

   racial discrimination, racialism, racism

   discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race

   sexism

   discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex

   armament, arming, equipping

   the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war

   disarmament, disarming

   act of reducing or depriving of arms

   conscription, draft, muster, selective service

   compulsory military service

   remilitarisation, remilitarization

   the act of militarizing again

   stabilisation, stabilization

   the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable

   stylisation, stylization

   the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style

   castigation, chastisement

   verbal punishment

   corporal punishment

   the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime

   cruel and unusual punishment

   punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed

   detention

   a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home

   correction, discipline

   the act of punishing

   economic strangulation

   punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them

   imprisonment

   putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

   medicine, music

   punishment for one's actions

   self-punishment

   punishment inflicted on yourself

   stick

   threat of a penalty

   penance, self-abasement, self-mortification

   voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

   prerequisite, requirement

   something that is required in advance

   demand, requirement

   required activity

   type of:

   group action

   action taken by a group of people