social contract

English

WOTD – 18 August 2012

social contract (plural social contracts)

(philosophy, politics) An implicit agreement or contract among members of a society governing such matters as submission of individuals to rule of law and acceptable conduct.
Synonym: social compact
- 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
  In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]

agreement or contract

Arabic: عَقْد اِجْتِمَاعِيّ‎ m (ʿaqd ijtimāʿiyy)
Armenian: հասարակական պայմանագիր (hy) (hasarakakan paymanagir)
Azerbaijani: ictimai müqavilə
Catalan: contracte social m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 社會契約, 社会契约 (shèhuì-qìyuē)
Danish: samfundspagt c
Dutch: sociaal contract n
Estonian: ühiskondlik leping
Finnish: yhteiskuntasopimus (fi)
French: contrat social (fr) m
Georgian: სოციალური კონტრაქტი (socialuri ḳonṭrakṭi)
German: Gesellschaftsvertrag (de) m
Hebrew: אֲמָנָה חֶבְרָתִית‎ (he) f (amaná khevratít)
Italian: contratto sociale m
Japanese: 社会契約 (shakai keiyaku)
Korean: 사회계약 (sahoegyeyak)
Latin: pactum socialis n, contractus socialis m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: samfunnspakt m or f, samfunnskontrakt m
Nynorsk: samfunnskontrakt m
Polish: umowa społeczna f
Portuguese: contrato social
Romanian: contract social m
Russian: обще́ственный догово́р (obščéstvennyj dogovór)
Spanish: contrato social m
Tagalog: kasunduang panlipunan
Turkish: toplumsal sözleşme
Ukrainian: суспільний договір (suspilʹnyj dohovir), соціальний договір (socialʹnyj dohovir)
Vietnamese: khế ước xã hội