(n) the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships, Syn. social organisation, social structure, social system, structure, Example:the social organization of England and America is very different; sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family
[きょうゆうかい, kyouyuukai] (n) social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)