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Social action   /sˈoʊʃəl ˈækʃən/   Listen
Social action

noun
1.
A social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform).





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"Social action" Quotes from Famous Books



... while the real work of making the world better has been directed by men and women not particularly subject to these periodical waves of religious impulses but imbued with a steady abiding faith in the worth of social action. They have had the good impulses, but these impulses have been steadied and rendered permanently valuable because faith based on knowledge ...
— Church Cooperation in Community Life • Paul L. Vogt
... for about two hours, Popanilla informed His Majesty that he was unused to public speaking, and then proceeded to show that the grand characteristic of the social action of the Isle of Fantaisie was a total want of development. This he observed with equal sorrow and surprise; he respected the wisdom of their ancestors; at the same time, no one could deny that they were both barbarous ...
— English Satires • Various


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