social contract
noun
: an actual or hypothetical agreement among the members of an organized society or between a community and its ruler that defines and limits the rights and duties of each
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The American public wants to explore a new social contract where federal tax dollars assume a smaller portion of the financing equation for research carried out in universities.
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Mung Chiang, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
For Halle, Roblox was a portal to connection, offering more ease than the noisy, unspoken social contracts of a school hallway.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
This helps reinforce positive behaviors from the team's social contract.
—Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The beauty of that period is that there is a culture of the gentleman, with a certain kind of sartorial, social contract where you’re almost obliged to be elegant.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
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Mung Chiang, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
For Halle, Roblox was a portal to connection, offering more ease than the noisy, unspoken social contracts of a school hallway.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
This helps reinforce positive behaviors from the team's social contract.
—Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The beauty of that period is that there is a culture of the gentleman, with a certain kind of sartorial, social contract where you’re almost obliged to be elegant.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for social contract
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“Social contract.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20contract. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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