Any of various early types of life insurance or mutual support associations.

plural of social life

The process by which the ideas, concepts and beliefs of the society in which we live are ingrained into our psyche. The process is usually by authoritative decree or by assimilation.

(historical) an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union within the Georgian SSR

(historical, Soviet Union) a type of administrative unit created for certain nations, which had a status lower than the union republics of the Soviet Union, but higher than the autonomous oblasts and the autonomous okrugs

(anthropology) An anthropologist who specializes in social anthropology.

A pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe.

A bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.

(US) A pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a socket, and used to propel boats, etc.

A form of socialism in which individual aggression is employed to maintain the social status quo and the privileges held by specific people or groups.