social control

noun

1. Sociology.,  the enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by social pressure.

2. the influence of any element in social life working to maintain the pattern of such life.

Example Sentences

The Christian right was always more interested in social control than in Jesus.

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At no other time in human history has there been a greater confluence of authoritarian dominance or social control implemented in such an intimate and ubiquitous manner.

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This remarkably bipartisan consensus for a war economy shouldn’t just be considered another “issue,” but an approach to governance that relies on force and violence, rather than consent, to establish social control.

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The discovery of such social control of queen specialization may reshape our understanding of the functioning of insect societies and their division of labor.

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The amount of social control that people are attempting to exert over women's bodies is generally escalating.

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