living in groups, not separately; an informal gathering for eating, dancing etc, especially organized by a club
public, friendly
Cases of word usage
1) a person who causes unrest in order to get political or social change (agitator)
2) (of South Africa) the policy that separates ethnic groups and has given political, economic and social control to people of European origin (apartheid)
3) (a country with) government by people of the highest social class (aristocracy)
4) to allow (people) to become part of another social group of state (assimilate)
5) a social occasion at which food is cooked over a fire outdoors (barbecue)
6) a social occasion of drinking and eating too much (binge)
7) an exclusive social class, especially a Hindu one (caste)
8) a sudden and violent change (e.g. an earthquake, a political or social revolution) (cataclysm)
9) away from active social life or influences (cloistered)
10) (a belief in) a social system in which the State owns and controls the means of wealth and production (communism)