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What does social structure mean?

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Noun
  1. (sociology) A distinctive, stable arrangement of institutions whereby human beings in a society interact and live together.
  2. (macrosociology) A system of socioeconomic stratification, social institutions, or, other patterned {|relation|relations} between large social groups.
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This oligarchic social structure is increasingly maintained by means of repressive laws, police violence and racism.
Extended family and kin are an important part of the social structure of the republic.
The Celts also introduced the ring fort, which remained the basis of the social structure of pre-Christian Ireland.
Within classes there are strong kinship bonds, which help maintain the social structure.
By 1640 the social structure of the island consisted of masters, servants, and slaves.
When the dingoes are persecuted, however, it disrupts the social structure of dingo packs and leads to crossbreeding.

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