SOCIAL PROCESS

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Meaning:

A process involved in the formation of groups of persons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("social process" is a kind of...):

human process (a process in which human beings are involved)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social process"):

absorption; assimilation (the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another)

civilisation; civilization (the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization)

decentalisation; decentralization (the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts)

de-Nazification; denazification (social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism)

de-Stalinisation; de-Stalinization; destalinisation; destalinization (social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor)

marginalisation; marginalization (the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society))

Nazification (social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) Nazism)

peace process (any social process undertaken by governments who want their citizens to believe they are trying to avoid armed hostilities)

professionalisation; professionalization (the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood)

Stalinisation; Stalinization (social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin)

urbanisation; urbanization (the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban)