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SOCIAL CONTRACT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does social contract mean?
• SOCIAL CONTRACT (noun)
The noun SOCIAL CONTRACT has 1 sense:
1. an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection
Familiarity information: SOCIAL CONTRACT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("social contract" is a kind of...):
accord; agreement (harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters)
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