social structure

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The law stipulates that under the "right to self-identity", settlements are entitled to protect and preserve their "social structure".

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps lost its commander, but the corps itself survives, and it controls much of the country’s economy and social structure.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025

Pilot whales are social creatures and live in a matriarch-style social structure, with the oldest female seen as having the authority in the pod.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024

“People are anxious, people are suffering, people are in distress. They don’t understand how to think about the future. And they can’t rely on the social structure and leaders.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

So anyone with depth of thought is almost automatically excluded from the main high school social structure.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz