society

society [sə sī′ə tē]

n.

pl. societies [MFr société < L societas < socius, companion: see SOCIAL]

1. a group of persons regarded as forming a single community, esp. as forming a distinct social or economic class

2. the system or condition of living together as a community in such a group [an agrarian society]

3. all people, collectively, regarded as constituting a community of related, interdependent individuals [a law for the good of society]

4. company or companionship [to seek another's society]

5. one's friends or associates

6. any organized group of people joined together because of work, interests, etc. in common [a medical society]

7.

a) a group of persons regarded or regarding itself as a dominant class, usually because of wealth, birth, education, etc. [her debut into society]

b) the conduct, standards, activities, etc. of this class

8. a group of animals or plants living together in a single environment and regarded as constituting a homogeneous unit or entity

adj.

of or characteristic of SOCIETY (n. 7a) [the society page of a newspaper]