different between social vs necessitude

English

Etymology

From Middle French social, from Latin soci?lis (“of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, fellow, partner, associate, ally”), from sequor (“follow”). Cognate with English seg (“man, companion, fellow”). More at seg.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s????l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?so?.??l/
• Rhymes: -????l

Adjective

social (comparative more social, superlative most social)

1. Being extroverted or outgoing.
2. Of or relating to society.

3. (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.

4. (rare) Relating to a nation's allies.

   the Social War

5. (botany, zoology) Cooperating or growing in groups.

Antonyms

• antisocial
• unsocial
• asocial

Derived terms

Related terms

• sociality
• societal

Translations

Noun

social (countable and uncountable, plural socials)

1. A festive gathering to foster introductions.

2. (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money for a couple to be married.
3. (Britain, colloquial, with definite article) Clipping of social security.

4. (US, colloquial) Clipping of social security number.

5. (dated, Ireland) A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club.
6. (Canada) Clipping of social studies.
7. (Internet, informal, uncountable) Clipping of social media.
8. (Internet, informal, countable) A social media account.

Translations

References

• social in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• social in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “social” in Collins English Dictionary, 10th edition, London: Collins, 2010, ?ISBN; reproduced on Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017.

Anagrams

• scolia

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

social (epicene, plural sociales)

1. social

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis, attested from 1803.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /so.si?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /su.si?al/

Adjective

social (masculine and feminine plural socials)

1. social

Derived terms

Related terms

• soci

References

Further reading

• “social” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “social” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “social” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From French social, from Latin soci?lis (“concerning a partner or an ally”), an adjective derived from the noun socius (“partner, ally”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so??æ?l], [?o??æ?l]

Adjective

social (neuter socialt, plural and definite singular attributive sociale)

1. social
2. sociable

Further reading

• “social” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “social” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis (“of or belonging to a companion, companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, ally”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.sjal/
• Hyphenation: so?cial
• (Paris)
• Homophones: sociale, sociales

Adjective

social (feminine singular sociale, masculine plural sociaux, feminine plural sociales)

1. social, related to society, community

2. social, living in society

3. mundane, related to social life

Synonyms

• grégaire

Antonyms

• antisocial
• asocial

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

social m (plural sociaux)

1. action intended to make society work better

Further reading

• “social” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

social m or f (plural sociais)

1. social

Derived terms

• socializar
• socialmente

Further reading

• “social” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

Ellipsis of social network.

Noun

social m (plural social)

1. social network
2. (in the plural) social media

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1355, borrowed from Latin soci?lis.

Adjective

social m (feminine singular sociale, masculine plural sociaulx, feminine plural sociales)

1. allied (on the same side)
2. social (tending to spend time with others)

Descendants

• ? English: social
• French: social

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (social, supplement)

Occitan

Alternative forms

• sociau (Gascony)

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [su?sjal]

Adjective

social m (feminine singular sociala, masculine plural socials, feminine plural socialas)

1. social (relating to society)

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?t??al/

Adjective

social

1. social

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.?sja?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.si.?aw/, /so.?sjaw/

Adjective

social m or f (plural sociais, comparable)

1. social (relating to society)
2. (business) social (relating to business firms)
3. social; outgoing; extroverted

   Synonyms: sociável, extrovertido

   Antonyms: anti-social, associal

4. (ecology) social (living in large groups)
5. for use by the residents of an apartment block, as opposed to maintenance workers or deliverymen

Derived terms

Related terms

• sócio

Noun

social m, f (plural sociais)

1. (Brazil, informal) a small party between close people or friends

Further reading

• “social” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French social.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?so.t??i?al/

Adjective

social m or n (feminine singular social?, masculine plural sociali, feminine and neuter plural sociale)

1. social (of or relating to society)

Declension

Further reading

• social in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis (“of or belonging to a companion, companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, ally”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /so??jal/, [so??jal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /so?sjal/, [so?sjal]
• Hyphenation: so?cial

Adjective

social (plural sociales)

1. social

Derived terms

Further reading

• “social” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sosi???l/, /so????l/

Adjective

social (comparative mer social, superlative mest social)

1. (not comparable) social, pertaining to living conditions and society (of an issue)
2. social, kind, friendly, welcoming, outgoing (of a person)

   Synonyms: utåtriktad, sällskaplig, föreningsintresserad

Declension

Related terms

References

• social in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• social in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??s?s?t(j)u?d/

Noun

necessitude (plural necessitudes)

1. (rare) The state or characteristic of being in need; neediness.
   • 1870, "Lord Kilgobbin," The Cornhill Magazine, vol. 22, p. 521:

     It had been of all things the most harassing and wearying—a life of dreary necessitude—a perpetual struggle with debt.

   • 2001, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, The Cause, ?ISBN, p. 408:

     Even if she could have faced life without him, she could not go through it all again, the bankruptcy and shame and necessitude.

2. (rare, usually pluralized) A circumstance or event which is necessary or unavoidable, especially because it is a requirement of a social role or natural state of affairs.
   • 1814, Félix de Beaujour, Sketch of the United States of North America trans. William Waldon, London, p. 169:

     The Americans. . . fear not the necessitudes of fortune.

   • 1872, James Parsons, "The Ancient Commonwealth," The American Law Register (1852-1891), vol. 20, no. 8, New Series vol. 11, p. 485:

     He lives with them in the isolated home of the tribe and enters into the mysterious communion with the domestic gods who still take part in the necessitudes of the family.

   • 1995, Michael W. McConnell and Edmund Burke, "Establishment and Toleration in Edmund Burke's 'Constitution of Freedom'," The Supreme Court Review, Vol. 1995, p. 437:

     As Conor Cruise O'Brien has pointed out, this passage has a "poignant ring," in light of the probable fact that Burke's father was one of those who betrayed his "duty" by sacrificing his "opinion of eternal happiness" to the necessitudes of legal practice.

3. (rare, chiefly philosophy) Necessity.
   • 1981, Graham Dawson, "Justified True Belief Is Knowledge," The Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 125: p. 328:

     In Popperian terms, it demonstrates the necessitude of public debate.

4. (archaic) A relation or connection between people or things.

   • The relation and necessitude is trifling and loose, and they are all equally contemptible; because the mind entertains no loves or union.

Usage notes

• Necessitude, necessitousness, necessitation, necessariness are all nouns closely related to necessity, but they tend to have narrower ranges of usage than the term necessity. The principal sense of necessitude and necessitousness is impoverishment, but the plural form of the former (necessitudes) denotes a set of circumstances which is inevitable or unavoidable. Necessitation is used to suggest necessity as a philosophical or cosmic principle. Necessariness tends to be used to stress a direct connection to the adjective necessary.

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