social control
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1. control exerted (actively or passively) by group action (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | group action, |
| definition | : | action taken by a group of people (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | auto limitation, |
| definition | : | social control achieved as a manifestation of self-will or general consent (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | sanction, |
| definition | : | a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | population control, |
| definition | : | control over the growth of population; a government program (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | enforcement, |
| definition | : | the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | domination, |
| definition | : | social control by dominating (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | duty, obligation, responsibility, |
| definition | : | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | deprivation, privation, |
| definition | : | act of depriving someone of food or money or rights (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | appeasement, calming, |
| definition | : | the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | detribalisation, detribalization, |
| definition | : | the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | patronage, |
| definition | : | (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | demobilisation, demobilization, |
| definition | : | act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | corrections, |
| definition | : | the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole (noun.act) |
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