a formal organization of people or groups of people
The tests we took were designed to determine our eligibility for Mensa, an international association for those with IQs of 132 or higher.
Me Talk Pretty One Day
relating to behavior that benefits a group of people
A loving bond between parents and their children early in life significantly increases the child's tendency to be 'prosocial', and act with kindness and empathy towards others, research indicates.Science Daily
inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
He was garrulous and sociable and loved to be at the center of attention, but at the same time he was extraordinarily guarded about his private life.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
a group of people sharing similar wealth and status
For people of European ancestry, social class divisions were certainly more fluid in the United States than they had been in Europe, but the United States was never an entirely classless society.
An Indigenous People’s History of the United States
one who is well known or prominent in fashionable circles
The visit was the brainchild of Mrs. Marie Mattingly Meloney, a New York socialite and magazine entrepreneur who had been shocked to learn that Madame Curies research was hobbled by a meager supply of radium.
Big Science
Humans socialize in the largest groups of all primates because we are the only animals with brains large enough to handle the complexities of that social arrangement.
The Tipping Point
We have powerful defense mechanisms—personal prejudice, shame, societal messages, and, yes, technology.
A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age
an extended group having a distinctive cultural organization
The church was an integral part of British society, and it dictated the rules of the class-ordered society that they all lived in.
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
As gangs and violence proliferated in the decades after "West Side Story" first hit screens, the cure for the Jets' self-diagnosis of "sociological sickness" has shifted from social work to suppression.Salon