different between society vs amalgamation

English

Alternative forms

• soc. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French societé , from Latin societ?s, societ?tem (“fellowship, association, alliance, union, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sok?-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek?- (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??sa?.?.ti/

Noun

society (countable and uncountable, plural societies)

1. (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
2. (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.

   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

3. (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
4. (uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
5. (uncountable) High society.
6. (countable, law) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• "society" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 291.

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgam?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mæl???me???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: a?mal?ga?ma?tion

Noun

amalgamation (countable and uncountable, plural amalgamations)

1. The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
2. The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
   1. (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
3. (obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races. [in the US, supplanted after 1863 by miscegenation; elsewhere, in use into the 1900s]

Related terms

• amalgam
• amalgamate

Translations

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgam?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mal.?a.ma.sj??/
• Homophone: amalgamations

Noun

amalgamation f (plural amalgamations)

1. amalgamation

Further reading

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