(n): a process involved in the formation of groups of persons
(n): a particular society at a particular time and place
(n): an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
(n): a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
(n): an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
(n): the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
(n): the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree