social function

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Doctors describe “remission” as when a patient responds to treatment so that they have returned to normal social function and they are indistinguishable from someone who has never had depression.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

Interestingly, these associations between nocturnal sleep and MMS did not affect ratings for the subsequent day, meaning that a good night of sleep following a poor one could be helpful to restore one's social function.

From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2023

Warm but assured in her convictions, she immediately hit it off with Matt when they met at a social function during the summer before their junior years in college.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2023

Her humanist belief in the social function of art is a fulfillment of what Noguchi envisioned as a “making and ownership of art … beyond personal possession — a common and free experience.”

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Prognosis: Correspondence between you and your sister cannot serve anything but a purely social function.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote