social unit

noun

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

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Nearby words

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

Origin of social unit

First recorded in 1870–75

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