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

Armajani’s unusual earthwork joined in: Embracing a legal, bureaucratic form, he pointed to land as a decidedly social structure.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 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

We may extract from them information about human anatomy, human technology, human diet, and perhaps even human social structure.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari