English > social control: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | Control exerted (actively or passively) by group action. |
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| Narrower | appeasement, calming | The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) |
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| auto limitation | social control achieved as a manifestation of self-will or general consent |
| corrections | The social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole |
| demobilization, demobilisation | Act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops |
| denationalization, denationalisation, privatization, privatisation | changing something from state to private ownership or control |
| detribalization, detribalisation | The act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs / customs and adopt urban ways / ways of living |
| discrimination, favoritism, favouritism | unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice |
| domination | social control by dominating |
| duty, responsibility, obligation | The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force |
| enforcement | The act of enforcing |
| government, governing, governance, government activity, administration | The act of governing |
| management, direction | The act of managing something |
| mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation | Act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency / emergency |
| nationalization, nationalisation, communization, communisation | changing something from private to state ownership or control |
| occupation, military control | The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
| patronage | (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support |
| population control | Control over the growth of population |
| privation, deprivation | Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights |
| punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation | The act of punishing |
| sanction | A mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards |
| socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation | The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
| standardization, standardisation, normalization, normalisation | The imposition of standards or regulations |
| Broader | group action | action taken by a group of people |
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| Spanish | control social |
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| Catalan | control social |
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