social heritage

American  

noun

Sociology.

1. the entire inherited pattern of cultural activity present in a society.

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social heritage

Man is part of nature, product of his social heritage, culture and environment . . . and religion is deemed to consist of 'those actions, purposes and experiences which are humanly significant.'

From Time Magazine Archive

But they have nevertheless played their part in creating as part of the social heritage a diffused sense of the reality of supernatural intercourse.

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Chapman Cohen

Man's life to-day is subject to a great social heritage which, unlike his natural heritage, can be realized only as a result of his own activity and acquisition.

From The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics by William E. Kellicott

The first weapon, the starting of fire, the song that became "a folk song" were created by the prehistoric geniuses and became the social heritage of the group or race.

From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson

Children need the Bible as a part of their social heritage.

From Religious Education in the Family by Henry Frederick Cope