social system(n = noun.group) social organisation, social organization, social structure, structure - the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"
is a kind of scheme, system
is a member of society
has particulars: feudal system, feudalism, patriarchate, patriarchy, matriarchate, matriarchy, meritocracy, pluralism, class structure, segregation, separatism

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