单词 | social control |
释义 | > as lemmassocial control social control n. control of a person or group by wider society in order to enforce social norms, through socialization, policing, laws, or similar measures. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > [noun] > social group > control exerted by social group social control1831 1831 Olio 5 Feb. vi. 72/2 They naturally imbibe ideas of independence, which spurn at all social control. 1898 F. H. Giddings Elements Sociol. xix. 217 Social control, manifesting itself in the authoritative organization of society as the state, and acting through the organs of government, is sovereignty. 1951 N. Annan Leslie Stephen vii. 218 The field of what is now called social control. How do law, custom, religion and moral codes govern men's actions? 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) xii. 249 We are seeing the replacement of due process in the courts by public shaming as a mean of social control of abhorrent behaviour. < as lemmas |
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