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

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