social heritage
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Man is part of nature, product of his social heritage, culture and environment . . . and religion is deemed to consist of 'those actions, purposes and experiences which are humanly significant.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Also the social heritage or the inheritance of all of the products of industry and arts of life which are passed on from generation to generation, is essential to the rapid development of civilization.
From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)
In a word, it is to elect for life, for better or worse, some one part of the whole social heritage.
From Modern American Prose Selections by Rees, Byron J. (Byron Johnson)
Human society, then, unlike animal society is mainly a social heritage, created in and transmitted by communication.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
Man's life to-day is subject to a great social heritage which, unlike his natural heritage, can be realized only as a result of his own activity and acquisition.
From The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics by Kellicott, William E.
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