Society
The term society has been derived from the Latin word ‘socious’ that means association or companionship. Thus society means ‘A larger group of individuals who are associative with each other.’ Man is a social animal. He always lives in society. Like him, some other creatures, such as ants, birds, monkeys, apes, etc., also live in society. Human society, in comparison with other societies, is unique in several respects.
Definition of Society:
1. According to McIver “society is a web of social relationships.”
2. According to Giddings defines, “Society is the union itself, the organization, the sum of formal relations in which associating individuals are bound together.”
3. According to G.D.H. Cole, “Society is the complex of organized associations and institutions within the community.”
4. According to A.W. Green, “A society is the largest group of individual being which made up at a population, organization, time, place & interest.”
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