social control

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social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action group action - action taken by a group of people auto limitation - social control achieved as a manifestation of self-will or general consent sanction - a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards population control - control over the growth of population; a government program governing, government activity, government, governance, administration - the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" enforcement - the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to domination - social control by dominating acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization - the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture" duty, obligation, responsibility - the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr military control, occupation - the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power management, direction - the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?" privation, deprivation - act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" appeasement, calming - the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) communisation, communization, nationalisation, nationalization - changing something from private to state ownership or control denationalisation, denationalization, privatisation, privatization - changing something from state to private ownership or control detribalisation, detribalization - the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living discrimination, favoritism, favouritism - unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice patronage - (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support militarisation, militarization, mobilization, mobilisation - act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" demobilisation, demobilization - act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops; "demobilization of factories"; "immediate demobilization of the reserves" normalisation, normalization, standardisation, standardization - the imposition of standards or regulations; "a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization" penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment - the act of punishing corrections - the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole