society
group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations
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Summary
society ranks in the top 0.77% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,150 views/month, #7 of 912).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: group of humans[2], society[3]
- Part of: humanity[4]
- Commons category: Society[5]
- Has part(s): social group[6], human[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Society[8]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Society[9]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[13]
- Has characteristic: hierarchy[14], social[15], sociality[16], social structure[17], social norm[18], social order[19], social change[20], social action[21]
- Equivalent class: http://pcp-on-web.de/ontology#Societies[22], http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#society[23]
- Different from: society (ethnology)[24]
- Studied by: sociology[25], social science[26], anthropology[27], social philosophy[28], anarchist anthropology[29]
- Has part(s) of the class: human[30], group of humans[31]
- Significant person: Niklas Luhmann[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[33], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[34]
- Wikimedia outline: outline of society[35]
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Influence
Things named for society include Societal marketing[36], a marketing[37].
Why It Matters
society has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] society is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]
Entities named for society include Societal marketing[36], a marketing[37].