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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A society is a body of humans generally seen as a community or group of humans - or other organisms of a single species - that is outlined by the bounds of cultural identity, social solidarity, functional interdependence, or eusociality. Human societies are characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that share a distinctive culture or institutions. Like other groups, a society allows its individual members to achieve individual needs or wishes that they could not fulfill separately by themselves, without the existence of the social group. Society, however, may be unique in that it is ontologically independent of, and utterly irreducible to, the qualities of its constituent individuals. As a reality sui generis, or "of its own kind", it is emergently composed of social facts that often hinder rather than help the pursuits of the subjects that form its physical and psychological underpinnings. More broadly, a society is an economic, social or industrial infrastructure, made up of a varied multitude of individuals. Members of a society may be from different ethnic groups. A society may be a particular ethnic group, such as the Saxons; a nation state, such as Bhutan; a broader cultural group, such as a Western society; or even a social organism such as an ant colony. The word society may also refer to an organized voluntary association of people for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes. Sociology is the study of society and social behavior. From Wikipedia under the
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Q. What are your views on the society or cultural problems/issues in Singapore that makes Singaporeans stressful, unhappy and dissatisfied with life? Asked by ThUNDeRLuN - Wed Aug 20 11:24:28 2008 - - 6 Answers - 3 Comments A. I guess its all started with MONEY and the culture of trying to be better then others as the 2 root cause. Everyone is chasing for money in a way.. Almost 90% of singaporean is in some form of financial debt or loans to pay. Housing loan, car loan, bills, daily expenses, credit card bills, etc. constant striving for better job with higher pay, urging kids to better school to get a degree for better job, Also tight gov rule are not helping. too much control with little or not outlet for common folks to let off steam. Every measure from Gov have to do with money by playing our vanity..owning cars and upping erp. owning lift that goes to every floor..getting larger homes.. basically, there is no safety net available to common folks...no job… [cont.] Answered by Hertzi - Thu Aug 21 05:53:17 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "society" Quotes about society.
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