social unit

noun

a person or a group of persons, as a family, functioning as a unit in society.

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Origin of social unit

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby social unit

social statics, social stratification, social structure, social studies, social tagging, social unit, social war, social wasp, social welfare, social work, social-minded
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