subsociety

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ society.

Noun

subsociety (plural subsocieties)

  1. A society making up part of a larger society.
    • 1975, Ruth S. Cavan, Jordan T. Cavan, “Cultural Patterns, Functions, and Dysfunctions of Endogamy and Intermarriage”, in Ruth E. Albrecht, E. Wilbur Bock, compilers, Encounter: Love, Marriage, and Family, 2nd edition, Boston, Mass.: Holbrook Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 181:
      In some circumstances, children of mixed parentage form their own subsociety, as is true in India and adjacent countries where there are fairly large groups of Euro-Asians.
    • 1982 May 31, Niccolo Tucci, “'THE WHOLE PROBLEM OF COURAGE NEEDS A REDIFINITION'; I was made livid with anger when I read in the newspaper the Green Berets' complaint that their "bad boys" are giving them a "bad image."”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      In fact, culture is nothing but the willful acquisition of vulnerability. This is exactly the reason it is derided by the Green Berets and their like in other totalitarian societies or subsocieties.
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