social order

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At the same time he is seen as loyal to Thailand's traditional social order -- a stance that resonates with many in a still largely conservative society.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

In this academic setting a consensus emerged, as the legal scholar Henry Sumner Maine argued, that sacrifice had been the basis for social order and political association.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

These are people whose ancestors were owned by others, either through war or purchase - a remnant of a social order that some are now working to abolish.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2025

Even after Guillermo went to another vampire to turn him — which is considered a great betrayal in the vampire social order — Nandor helped Guillermo become human again when he saw he was unhappy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

Thus in the late 1960s and early 1970s, two schools of thought were offered to the general public regarding race, poverty, and the social order.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander