social unit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of social unit
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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“It was really awful for me. We aren’t a big family, but we have our mishpachah,” — the Yiddish word for family or social unit — “and our traditions.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
In primary debates, men frequently introduce themselves as good fathers and grandfathers—in other words, as competent executives in the social unit of the family.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 6, 2019
"A church, a school, a village hall, any sign of some social unit is what we look for."
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2017
At the Pacific Street brownstone, the smallest social unit is the floor.
From The New Yorker ● May 16, 2016
The Ekumen could not appeal to these people as a social unit, a mobilizable entity: rather it must speak to their strong though undeveloped sense of humanity, of human unity.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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