"social contract" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-social contract.ogg Forms: social contracts [plural]
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  1. (philosophy, politics) An implicit agreement or contract among members of a society governing such matters as submission of individuals to the rule of law and acceptable conduct. Wikipedia link: social contract Categories (topical): Directives, Ethics, Philosophy, Politics Synonyms: social compact Translations (agreement or contract): عَقْد اِجْتِمَاعِيّ (ʕaqd ijtimāʕiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), հասարակական պայմանագիր (hasarakakan paymanagir) (Armenian), ictimai müqavilə (Azerbaijani), грамадская дамова (hramadskaja damóva) [feminine] (Belarusian), грамадскі дагавор (hramadski dahavór) [masculine] (Belarusian), contracte social [masculine] (Catalan), 社會契約 (Chinese Mandarin), 社会契约 (shèhuì-qìyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), samfundspagt [common-gender] (Danish), sociaal contract [neuter] (Dutch), ühiskondlik leping (Estonian), yhteiskuntasopimus (Finnish), contrat social [masculine] (French), სოციალური კონტრაქტი (socialuri ḳonṭrakṭi) (Georgian), Gesellschaftsvertrag [masculine] (German), אֲמָנָה חֶבְרָתִית (amaná khevratít) [feminine] (Hebrew), kontrak sosial (Indonesian), contratto sociale [masculine] (Italian), 社会契約 (shakai keiyaku) (Japanese), 사회계약 (sahoegyeyak) (Korean), pactum socialis [neuter] (Latin), contractus socialis [masculine] (Latin), kontrak sosial (Malay), samfunnspakt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), samfunnskontrakt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), samfunnskontrakt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), umowa społeczna [feminine] (Polish), contrato social (Portuguese), contract social [neuter] (Romanian), обще́ственный догово́р (obščéstvennyj dogovór) (Russian), contrato social [masculine] (Spanish), kasunduang panlipunan (Tagalog), சமூக ஒப்பந்தம் (camūka oppantam) (Tamil), toplumsal sözleşme (Turkish), суспільний договір (suspilʹnyj dohovir) (Ukrainian), соціальний договір (socialʹnyj dohovir) (Ukrainian), khế ước xã hội (Vietnamese)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contracte social"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "社會契約"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèhuì-qìyuē",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "社会契约"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "samfundspagt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sociaal contract"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "ühiskondlik leping"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "yhteiskuntasopimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrat social"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "socialuri ḳonṭrakṭi",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "სოციალური კონტრაქტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gesellschaftsvertrag"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "amaná khevratít",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אֲמָנָה חֶבְרָתִית"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "kontrak sosial"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contratto sociale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shakai keiyaku",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "社会契約"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sahoegyeyak",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "사회계약"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pactum socialis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contractus socialis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "kontrak sosial"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samfunnspakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samfunnskontrakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samfunnskontrakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "umowa społeczna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "contrato social"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "contract social"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obščéstvennyj dogovór",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "обще́ственный догово́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrato social"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "kasunduang panlipunan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "camūka oppantam",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "சமூக ஒப்பந்தம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "toplumsal sözleşme"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "suspilʹnyj dohovir",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "суспільний договір"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "socialʹnyj dohovir",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "соціальний договір"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "agreement or contract",
      "word": "khế ước xã hội"
    }
  ],
  "word": "social contract"
}

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