social contract
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social contract
noun social contracts
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An implicit agreement or contract among members of a society governing such matters as submission of individuals to the rule of law and acceptable conduct.
In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]
Similar: social compact
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noun agreement or contract
| Español | contrato social |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사회계약 sahoegyeyak |
| 日本語 | 社会契約 shakai keiyaku |
| 中文 | 社會契約 /社会契约 shèhuì qìyuē |
| Português | contrato social |
| Français | contrat social |
| Deutsch | Gesellschaftsvertrag |
| Italiano | contratto sociale |
| Ελληνικά | κοινωνικό συμβόλαιο koinonikó symvólaio |
| Română | contract social |
| Русский | обще́ственный догово́р obščéstvennyj dogovór |
| Tiếng Việt | khế ước xã hội |
| العربية | عَقْد اِجْتِمَاعِيّ ʕaqd ijtimāʕiyy |
| עברית | אֲמָנָה חֶבְרָתִית amaná khevratít |
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title = {social contract},
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