ADJ
- wider
- the position of women within the family and the wider society
- contemporary, modern
- traditional
- advanced
- the division of labour in an advanced capitalist society
- primitive
- egalitarian, free, just, open
- closed
- civilized, humane
- affluent
- the consumerist values of the affluent society
- consumer, consumerist
- throwaway
- Our throwaway society must be encouraged to recycle
- permissive
- multicultural, multiracial, pluralistic
- divided, stratified
- Years of high unemployment have left society deeply divided
- civil
- the relationship between the state and civil society
- secular
- human
- a theory on the basis of human society
- class
- classless
- tribal
- matriarchal, patriarchal
- bourgeois
- capitalist, democratic, feudal, socialist, etc.
- industrial, post-industrial, pre-industrial
- agricultural, technological
- Western
- rural, urban, village
- polite
- Such language would not be used in polite society
VERB + SOCIETY
- build, create, shape
- the struggle to build a just society
- permeate, pervade
- the greed that pervades modern society
- fit into
- Prisoners often have problems fitting into society on their release
- polarize
SOCIETY + VERB
- be based on sth
- a society based on social justice
PREP
- in/within (a) ~
- the role of television in modern Western society
PHRASES
- a cross-section of society
- The clinic deals with a wide cross-section of society
- the fabric of society
- The civil war tore apart the fabric of society
- the higher/top echelons of society
- Officers were drawn largely from the top echelons of society
- a level/rank/stratum of society
- Child cruelty exists at all levels of society
- a member of society
- welfare reforms to protect the most vulnerable members of society
- an outcast from/of society
- She devoted herself to helping the outcasts of society
- the backbone/a bulwark/a pillar of society
- One of the pillars of society must be that everyone has access to the legal system. He considered himself to be a pillar of society
- your place/rank in society
- A person's job is one of the factors that determines their place in society
- the rest of society
- He felt isolated from the rest of society
- a section/sector/segment of society
- Every section of society must have access to education
- society as a whole
- The research examines minorities and their relation to society as a whole
- society at large
- Health standards have risen in society at large
- the structure of a society
- the class structure of British society
ADJ
- secret
- debating, dramatic, historical, horticultural, law, medical, musical, religious, etc.
VERB + SOCIETY
- belong to
- She belongs to the historical society
- become a member of, join
- create, establish, form, found, set up, start
PREP
- in a/the ~
- She was active in the Society for Women's Suffrage
- ~ for
- a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals
- ~ of
- the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders