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

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

It would be better to wait until he had visited the factory and seen what possibilities for social action there were there.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole