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

"Chris is very into social action through music," says Dudamel.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

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

A deeply rooted approach to investing and social action is taking its lumps.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2023

It is clearly time for me to step boldly into our society, not in the boring, passive manner of the Myrna Minkoff school of social action, but with great style and zest.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole