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Social group   /sˈoʊʃəl grup/   Listen
Social group

noun
1.
People sharing some social relation.





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"Social group" Quotes from Famous Books



... responsibility. His practice, receiving his undivided attention, brought him more important and more remunerative cases. Losing nothing of his genial humor, his character took on the dignity of a graver manhood. He was still the center of interest of every social group he encountered, whether on the street or in the parlor. Serene and buoyant of temper, cordial and winning of language, charitable and tolerant of opinion, his very presence diffused a glow of confidence and kindness. Wherever he went he left an ...
— Abraham Lincoln: A History V1 • John G. Nicolay and John Hay
... definition of a refugee according to a United Nations Convention is "a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well- founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion; and is unable or unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of that country, or to return there, for fear of persecution." The UN established the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1950 to handle refugee matters ...
— The 2004 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency


Words linked to "Social group" :   tribe, organization, interest, circle, grouping, lot, revolving door, fold, fringe, interest group, body, society, sector, nonalinement, clan, folk, movement, organisation, gangland, band, organized crime, congregation, social movement, minority, subculture, kinship group, kindred, gangdom, kith, wing, force, kin group, form of government, faithful, gathering, set, front, moiety, political system, group, Jewry, platoon, assemblage, kin, nonalignment, phylum


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