social structure

Noun
  1. The people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships (synset 108395550)
    "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"
    is a type of: scheme, system - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
    subtypes:
    • feudal system, feudalism - the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war
    • patriarchate, patriarchy - a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
    • matriarchate, matriarchy - a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
    • meritocracy - a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
    • pluralism - a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated
    • class structure - the organization of classes within a society
    • segregation, separatism - a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
    member holonym: form of government, political system - the members of a social organization who are in power
    belongs to: society - an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
    same as: social organisation, social organization, social system, structure

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