social relation

Other forms: social relations

Definitions of social relation
  1. noun
    a relation between living organisms (especially between people)
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    dealings, relations
    mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
    professional relation
    the relation that exists when one person requests and is granted professional help from a qualified source
    political relation, politics
    social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
    alchemy, chemistry, interpersonal chemistry
    the way two individuals relate to each other
    medical relation
    the professional relation between a health care professional and a patient
    legal relation
    a professional relation that is regulated by law (as between a lawyer and a client)
    academic relation
    a professional relation between instructors and those they instruct
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    relation
    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
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