SOCIAL UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does social unit mean? 

• SOCIAL UNIT (noun)
  The noun SOCIAL UNIT has 1 sense:

1. an organization regarded as part of a larger social group

  Familiarity information: SOCIAL UNIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOCIAL UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An organization regarded as part of a larger social group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

social unit; unit

Context example:

after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit

Hypernyms ("social unit" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social unit"):

squad; team (a cooperative unit (especially in sports))

working group; working party (a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved)

side (one of two or more contesting groups)

political entity; political unit (a unit with political responsibilities)

fifth column; Trojan horse (a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst)

outfit (any cohesive unit such as a military company)

scout group; scout troop; troop (a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts)

crew (the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.))

combination (a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose)

crew; gang; work party (an organized group of workmen)

den (a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts)

klavern (a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan)

task force (a semipermanent unit created to carry out a continuing task)

force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)

member (an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations))

ICU; intensive care unit (a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care)

instrumentality (a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose)

general delivery; poste restante (the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it)

family; home; house; household; menage (a social unit living together)

company (a unit of firefighters including their equipment)

administrative body; administrative unit (a unit with administrative responsibilities)

 Context examples 

A social unit comprised of one or more individuals living together (all of whom need not be related) in the same dwelling, who aggregate and share their incomes.

(Household, NCI Thesaurus)

The inevitable variety in customs, attitudes, practices, and behaviors that exists among groups of individuals from different ethnic, racial, or national backgrounds who come into contact within a social unit, organization, or population.

(Cultural Diversity, NCI Thesaurus)