social organization

American  

noun

Sociology.

1. the structure of social relations within a group, usually the relations between its subgroups and institutions.

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social organization British  

noun

1. sociol the formation of a stable structure of relations inside a group, which provides a basis for order and patterns relationships for new members

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Example Sentences

The Rose Parade started in 1890 as a promotional event by the Valley Hunt Club, a social organization, to show off Pasadena’s famously mild winter weather.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024

According to Hal Whitehead, who has pioneered research on social organization and cultural transmission in deep-water whales since the 1970s, researchers began studying sperm whale codas by comparing them to Morse code.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

There is a sizeable Iu Mien community in Portland and its suburbs, with a Buddhist temple and Baptist church, active social organization, and businesses and restaurants.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Lemurs and other Strepsirrhines, often colloquially referred to as "wet-nosed" primates, in contrast, have long been believed to be solitary creatures, and it has often been suggested that other forms of social organization evolved later.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

Thus Neolithic Europe never reached the level of social organization that produced the masonry architecture of Jericho or the dense urban community of Çatal Hüyük.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson