Definition of “society”

noun

1. the totality of social relationships among organized groups of human beings or animals
2. a system of human organizations generating distinctive cultural patterns and institutions and usually providing protection, security, continuity, and a national identity for its members
3. such a system with reference to its mode of social and economic organization or its dominant class  ⇒ middle-class society 
4. those with whom one has companionship
5. an organized group of people associated for some specific purpose or on account of some common interest  ⇒ a learned society 
6. 1. the privileged class of people in a community, esp as considered superior or fashionable
   2. ((as modifier)  ⇒ a society woman 
7. the social life and intercourse of such people  ⇒ to enter society as a debutante 
8. companionship; the fact or state of being together with someone else  ⇒ I enjoy her society 
9. ecology a small community of plants within a larger association