What is a group of people living together in a given place and sharing common interest?

Meaning of society in English

society | Business English

Homeownership is a linchpin of American society.

the American Society of Civil Engineers

the Industrial Society

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(Definition of society from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of society

society

Some medical specialty societies already are recognized as proponents of standards of care by health plans.

The abolitionist was, constitutionally speaking, neither officer nor prisoner and as a consequence may stand for the ordinary citizen - "society," the people at large.

This organic vision of society was shared by moralists and philosophers.

The state, defined as the governing apparatus, cannot be physically ubiquitous by showing its physical presence in every sphere of the society.

As such, ethnicity as ideology provides a psychological formula which mitigates the uncertainties of state- society relations.

The party's electorate basically resembles the complexion of society.

Moreover, in a liberal democracy with a well-developed private sector, would-be hegemonic efforts to extend the party's influence through society can have unexpected results.

These new parties often had origins in the civil society which was allowed to exist during the authoritarian era.

Getting married confirmed a man's entry into patriarchal society, conferring new social roles and responsibilities.

The multiple roles that people hold within their family, community, work, and society as a whole work to define their sense of self.

Ultimately the genre survives in the twenty-first century primarily in our university choruses and local choral societies.

People order their material surroundings in ways that suit their world-view, thus creating and manipulating their place in society.

Thus, a first step requires organizational and technical support to scavenging activity through the formation of cooperative societies or micro-enterprises.

The history of the relationship between insurance and civil society, as usually told, is an anticlimactic narrative.

Within a single state and society, by contrast, politics was supposed to be about the common good.

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Collocations with society

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advanced society

But progress has its price, and the task is a difficult one-the task of adapting to an advanced society.

affluent society

The ecological approaches modelled palaeolithic societies as living on the edge and always in need, but also led to such qualifications as the original affluent society and the original ecologists.

ageing society

Promoting transformative learning enables community volunteering to provide meaningful roles for seniors, and promotes citizenship participation and the social economy in an ageing society.

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Translations of society

in Chinese (Traditional)

人群, 社會, 上層社會…

in Chinese (Simplified)

人们, 社会, 上层社会…

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sociedad, sociedad [feminine, singular]…

in Portuguese

sociedade, sociedade [feminine]…

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société [feminine], association [feminine], société…

lidská společnost, společnost, sdružení…

samfund, -samfund, forening…

umat manusia, masyarakat, perhimpunan…

xã hội, tầng lớp, giai cấp xã hội…

społeczeństwo, towarzystwo…

masyarakat, persatuan, golongan sosialit…

die Gesellschaft, der Verein…

samfunn [neuter], selskap [neuter], forening [masculine]…

суспільство, громада, громадськість…

società, asssociazione, associazione…

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What do you call a group of people living together in a given place and sharing common interests cultural and traditional practices and historical heritage?

noun, often attributive. com·​mu·​ni·​ty | \ kə-ˈmyü-nə-tē \ plural communities.

What is called when a group of people living together in a place?

A commune is a group of people who live together and share everything. They lived in a commune.

What is a group of people who share something in common?

A community is a group of people who share something in common.

What is it called when people live together?

Living together with someone is sometimes also called cohabitation. Generally speaking, you will have fewer rights if you're living together than if you're married.