social order
Americannoun
PLURAL
social orders-
the established structure or mode of organization of a society.
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a state of society characterized by the rule of law, relative peace or calm, respect for shared societal norms and institutions.
Example Sentences
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John Gutfreund had done violence to the Wall Street social order—and got himself dubbed the King of Wall Street—when, in 1981, he’d turned Salomon Brothers from a private partnership into Wall Street’s first public corporation.
From Literature
She’d just expressed most clearly and most loudly a view that turned out to be far more seditious to the social order than, say, the many campaigns by various New York attorneys general against Wall Street corruption.
From Literature
Hodges, the court found that “The fundamental liberties protected by the Fourteenth Amendment extend to certain personal choices central to individual dignity and autonomy, including intimate choices defining personal identity and beliefs. Marriage,” it said, “is a centerpiece of social order and fundamental under the Constitution.”
From Salon
Why anarchy and destruction of social order?
Clearly, the social order has broken.
From Los Angeles Times
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