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social contracts

social contracts is the plural of social contract.

Meaning of social contract

Noun

social contract (plural social contracts)

  1. 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. […]2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19
    Synonyms:
    social compact

Questions about social contracts

What is social contracts the plural of?
Social contracts is the plural of social contract.

Words near social contracts in the dictionary

  1. social constructivists
  2. social constructs
  3. social contagion
  4. social contagions
  5. social contract
  6. social contracts
  7. social control
  8. social controls
  9. social coupon
  10. social coupons
  11. social credit

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