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we live in a society

we live in a society phrase: the mores of society are irrational, hypocritical or otherwise flawed.

we live in a society: the mores of society are irrational, hypocritical or otherwise flawed
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Phrase

we live in a society

  1. (Internet, humorous) The mores of society are irrational, hypocritical or otherwise flawed.

Origin of we live in a society

A truncation of longer phrases of the form e.g. "we live in a society in which X", where X is typically some form of hypocrisy or absurdity. In image macros, this is often paired with a picture of the comic book character The Joker.

Questions about we live in a society

What does we live in a society mean?
We live in a society means the mores of society are irrational, hypocritical or otherwise flawed.
What part of speech is we live in a society?
We live in a society is a phrase.

Words near we live in a society in the dictionary

  1. we hardly knew ye
  2. we have always been at war with East Asia
  3. we have always been at war with Eastasia
  4. we have always been at war with Eurasia
  5. we haven't got all day
  6. we live in a society
  7. We Wai Kai
  8. we wuz kangz
  9. we wuz kangz n sheeit
  10. we wuz kangz n shiet
  11. we'd

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: we live in a society (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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