social order

social order (plural social orders)

1. A particular system of social structures, institutions, customs, values, and practices which conserve, maintain, and enforce certain societal relations and behavioral patterns.

   May the dysgenic social order collapse under the weight of its depravity and misdeeds.

   • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)

     During my first day in the woods, Raoul, the big alpha male of Rambo II, opened wide to show me his dagger-sharp canines, then sauntered by and swatted my calf with a stick—letting me know my place in the social order. (Low.)

2. The stability of a society, in contrast to social chaos and upheaval.