social unit
a person or a group of persons, as a family, functioning as a unit in society.
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How to use social unit in a sentence
“And not only did they change it, but they changed it so fast that it implies they’re not only learning from their own experience, but they’re learning from the experience of other sperm whales” in other social units.
Sperm whales have a surprisingly deep—and useful—culture | Ellie Shechet | March 19, 2021 | Popular-ScienceCharles and Clara Herne were very happy as man and wife, because they were a social unit.
A California Girl | Edward EldridgeYou are now a perfectly disciplined social unit, with a profound esprit de corps.
Instigations | Ezra PoundIn the Far East the social unit, the ultimate molecule of existence, is not the individual, but the family.
The Soul of the Far East | Percival LowellYou are there as the guest of this newly-constituted social unit, this new family.
The Patient Observer | Simeon Strunsky
The social unit is the family, and consequently the architectural unit is the “home.”
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