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Social War

American  

noun

  1. Greek History. the war between Athens and its confederates, 357–355 b.c.

  2. Roman History. the war in Italy between Rome and its allies, 90–88 b.c.


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“They’re not looking for gladiators in the social war.”

From Los Angeles Times

But for all of Selah’s certainty, she is still only a teenager, and a bit blind to how quickly the fortunes of social war can turn.

From New York Times

He writes: There is a reason why, in all the Gamergate rhetoric, you hear the echoes of every other social war staged in the last 30 years: overly politically correct, social-justice warriors, the media elite, gamers are not a monolith.

From The Verge

There is a reason why, in all the Gamergate rhetoric, you hear the echoes of every other social war staged in the last 30 years: overly politically correct, social-justice warriors, the media elite, gamers are not a monolith.

From The Verge

While these interactive analytics reports are available on tablet and the desktop version, they are also designed to work for multi-display social “war rooms.”

From Forbes