social control

1. 1.

   control exerted (actively or passively) by group action

   Broadergroup action

   Narrowerauto limitationsanctionpopulation controlgovernmentenforcementdominationsocializationdutyoccupationmanagement

Questions about social control

What does social control mean?

social control means "control exerted (actively or passively) by group action".

Is social control a common word?

social control is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.