plural of social promotion

(sociology) One's position within a social hierarchy, one's social class along with any personal social advantages or disadvantages, one's value relative to society.

plural of social commentary

plural of social butterfly

The practice in otherwise free market capitalist economies in which the government steps in to bail out or otherwise subsidize weak or failing firms. A government attempting to transition from capitalism to socialism by this method takes control of the worst industries — the "lemons" — first, which undermines such an approach.

(politics) A supporter of social democracy, a political ideology in which a socialist system of government is achieved by democratic means.

plural of social responsibility

plural of social status

plural of social group

(sociology) The degree to which, in a given society, an individual's, family's, or group's social status can change throughout the course of their life through a system of social hierarchy or stratification.