Etymology and usage
The term "society" came from the Latin word societas,
which in turn was derived from the noun socius ("comrade,
friend, ally"; adjectival formsocialis) used to describe a bond or
interaction among parties that are friendly, or at least civil. Without an
article, the term can refer to the entirety of humanity (also: "society in
general", "society at large", etc.), although those who are
unfriendly or uncivil to the remainder of society in this sense may be deemed
to be "antisocial". Adam Smith wrote
that a society "may subsist among different men, as among different
merchants, from a sense of its utility without
any mutual love or affection, if only they refrain from doing injury to each
other."[1]
Used in the sense of an association, a society is a body of individuals
outlined by the bounds of functional interdependence,
possibly comprising characteristics such as national or cultural
identity, social
solidarity, language, or hierarchical
organization.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society.
A society, or a human society, is a group of
people related to each other through persistent relations, or a
large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory,
subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.
Human societies are characterized by patterns of relationships (social
relations) between
individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum
total of such relationships among its constituent members. In the social sciences, a larger society often evinces stratification and/or dominance patterns in subgroups.
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