mass society

noun

, Sociology.

1. a society whose members are characterized by having segmentalized, impersonal relations, a high degree of physical and social mobility, a spectator relation to events, and a pronounced tendency to conform to external popular norms.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mass society¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

And within this strangely mingled mass society and government rested on a purely democratic basis.

From Project Gutenberg