the social

noun

British, somewhat informal

: money provided by a government program to people who are unable to work because they are old, disabled, or unemployed

He's living on the social now.

Examples of the social in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is thought to happen because the social transmission of stories acts like evolution. — Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026

Merger-watchers took note that Bloys and Perrette were prominent in the social swirl around the Emmy Awards this past week. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

As Meta prepares to release new wearables, privacy fears surrounding its artificial intelligence glasses have triggered fresh lawsuits against the social media giant. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

In 1961 the social psychologist Stanley Milgram set out to understand how millions of Germans had been complicit in mass murder. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the social

• asocial
• prosocial
• unsocial
• antisocial
• biosocial
• homosocial
• psychosocial
• biopsychosocial