social unit

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social unit - an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"unitorganization, organisation - a group of people who work togetherklavern - a local unit of the Ku Klux Klanadministrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilitiescompany - a unit of firefighters including their equipment; "a hook-and-ladder company"family, household, menage, home, house - a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"general delivery, poste restante - the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for itinstrumentality - a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose; "are the judicial instrumentalities of local governments adequate?"; "he studied the French instrumentalities for law enforcement"ICU, intensive care unit - a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive caremember - an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations"military force, military group, military unit, force - a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"task force - a semipermanent unit created to carry out a continuing taskteam, squad - a cooperative unit (especially in sports)den - a unit of 8 to 10 cub scoutswork party, crew, gang - an organized group of workmencombination - a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose; "they were a winning combination"crew - the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)scout group, scout troop, troop - a unit of Girl or Boy Scoutsoutfit - any cohesive unit such as a military companyfifth column, Trojan horse - a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midstpolitical entity, political unit - a unit with political responsibilitiesside - one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack"working group, working party - a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved; "the working group was supposed to report back in two weeks"