social action
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of social action
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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This brain-wide pattern signaled that a social action was about to occur and could be used to predict the behavior before it happened.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
"Chris is very into social action through music," says Dudamel.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025
In unsettled times, cultural change can become focused into an ideological contest, in which ideologies exert a powerful, clearly articulated but more restricted basis for social action.
From Salon • Sep. 29, 2024
“We don’t want to be silenced as Jews,” said Rich Weinberg, chair of the social action committee for Dor Hadash.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2023
When 1 am once again whole, I shall visit those factory people; I have deep and abiding convictions concerning social action.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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