social environment

noun

Sociology.

1. the environment developed by humans as contrasted with the natural environment; society as a whole, especially in its relation to the individual.

Example Sentences

"And the social environment at school and friend groups is much more stable at 16 than it is at 12."

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"My aunt told me that on the contrary, Kundanlal had been embarrassed that he could not provide a lifestyle and social environment more suited to Vienna, and felt that if he had, the two men may have stayed on in Ludhiana."

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“If they don't have the right kind of social environment to start to untangle what has actually happened, that belief that emerges during the experience can keep them stuck into thinking they've really done something,” Argyri explained.

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Greenland’s social environment is also different from Denmark’s — its Indigenous population, which has its own social mores, is larger as a proportion of the population, and residents are concentrated in the giant island’s southwest.

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Primark boss Paul Marchant has resigned following an allegation by a female colleague about "his behaviour towards her in a social environment".

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When To Use

What is a social environment?

A person’s social environment is their society and all surroundings influenced in some way by humans. It includes all relationships, institutions, culture, and physical structures.The natural environment is the natural world around us: the ground, the trees, the air. The social environment is, collectively, all of the things that humans have overlaid on top of our world: our personal and societal relationships, our institutions, our cultures, and our physical surroundings—all of the aspects and products of human activity and interaction.Sociologists, health researchers, and others study how the social environment shapes who we are and how we live, especially how individuals are affected by such factors.