different between society vs realm

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.

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References

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English rewme, realme, reaume, from Old French reaume, realme (“kingdom”), of unclear origins. A postulated *r?g?limen (“domain, kingdom”), Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cross of r?gimen with r?g?lis is usually cited.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: r?lm, IPA^(key): /??lm/
• Rhymes: -?lm

Noun

realm (plural realms)

1. An abstract sphere of influence, real or imagined.
   • 1907, Tada Kanai, translated by Arthur Lloyd, Seven Buddhist Sermons, "The World and How to Pass Through It"

     Why should we despise anything in the realm of Buddha?

   • 2006, Christian Neef, "Diary of a Collapsing Superpower", Spiegel Magazine, November 22,

     At home in Moscow, Mikhail Sergeyevitch Gorbachev, who had launched a campaign to rejuvenate the Soviet realm  […]
2. The domain of a certain abstraction.
   • 1922, Judson Eber Conant,The Church The Schools and Evolution, "Truth Must be Classified Scientifically",

     One thing more which the scientific man does is to accord primacy to that realm of truth which is primary in importance.

3. (computing) A scope of operation in networking or security.
4. (formal or law) A territory or state, as ruled by a specific power, especially by a king.
   • 1874, Horatio Alger, Brave and Bold, Chapter XXXI,

     And, of this island realm, he and his companion were the undisputed sovereigns.

   • 1913, Leslie Alexander Toke, Catholic Encyclopedia, "St. Dunstan",

     Then seeing his life was threatened he fled the realm and crossed over to Flanders, […]

5. (fantasy, role-playing games) An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise — usually ruled or created by a mystical character.
6. (virology, taxonomy) A taxonomic rank in the phylogeny of viruses, higher than kingdoms.

Synonyms

• (a territory or state): country, land, kingdom
• (a sphere of activity or influence): field, province

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Translations

Anagrams

• Almer, Lamer, Lemar, Lerma, Maler, lamer, maerl, maler, marle, meral