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social unit
noun
An entity which is part of, and participates in, a larger social group or society.
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Is Lagos a coherent, durable social unit?
A surf crowd is a delicate social unit.
The family is the most important social unit.
The nuclear family was the primary Sakha social unit.
At the Pacific Street brownstone, the smallest social unit is the floor.
Individuality is not prized; the family — the 'ohana — is the important social unit.
Private worlds are necessary in any social unit, and the Munnellys are lucky in a way.
The chimpanzee social unit, apparently, was not equivalent to the chimpanzee reproductive unit.
Enclave / (en^ kla\v^) / n. / a distinct cultural or social unit within foreign territory.
In both the mountain and plains zebras the family group is the basic social unit.
As with elephants, the core social unit is a clan of some 10 or 12 females and their offspring.
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