social action

American  

noun

1. individual or group behavior that involves interaction with other individuals or groups, especially organized action toward social reform.

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Etymology

Origin of social action

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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social action

Public-society benefit organizations—civil rights, social action, and advocacy groups—gained 8.7%.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

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

As Stuart Hall has insisted, culture and, by extension, education “is a critical site of social action and intervention, where power relations are both established and potentially unsettled.”

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025

“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

But something was missing in my imaginative efforts; my flights of imagination were too subjective, too lacking in reference to social action.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright