EE Talking point — society
Progress of America, by the Italian American painter Domenico Tojetti (1806–1892). Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California, United States.
Society — from the Latin societās, from socius, companion: "fact or condition of being associated for a common purpose, partnership, body of people associated for a common purpose, trading company, partnership in war, alliance, state of being associated with others, fellowship, communion, joint pursuit, joint enjoyment, close relationship, connection, affinity . . . ." (OED, 2nd edition. Oxford: 1989).
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