social organization

American  

noun

Sociology.

1. the structure of social relations within a group, usually the relations between its subgroups and institutions.

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social organization British  

noun

1. sociol the formation of a stable structure of relations inside a group, which provides a basis for order and patterns relationships for new members

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Example Sentences

To understand how these changes unfolded, the researchers analyzed and compared high-quality genomes from cockroaches, woodroaches, and several termite species with varying levels of social organization.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

The Rose Parade started in 1890 as a promotional event by the Valley Hunt Club, a social organization, to show off Pasadena’s famously mild winter weather.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024

According to Hal Whitehead, who has pioneered research on social organization and cultural transmission in deep-water whales since the 1970s, researchers began studying sperm whale codas by comparing them to Morse code.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

A glaring hiccup in the current quota structure is that it fosters an environment prone to overharvesting cougars, which impacts their abundance and social organization.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2024

As we saw in Chapter 2, though, Polynesian political and social organization and economies underwent great diversification in different environments.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond