social contract
noun
: an actual or hypothetical agreement among the members of an organized society or between a community and its ruler that defines and limits the rights and duties of each
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Israel’s establishment created several vital social contracts with its citizens.
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Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
This kind of data is typically extracted from an individual’s activities as a part of a known or unknown social contract.
—James Felton Keith, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Such shifts would help establish what is in effect a new social contract, bringing together communities, public institutions, workers, and providers of financial and intellectual capital.
—Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 24 Jan. 2024
If Hamas is to have any hope of getting back in the business of governing Gaza, and restoring a social contract with its more than 2 million Palestinian residents, Turkey and Qatar are most likely to supply the means.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025
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Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
This kind of data is typically extracted from an individual’s activities as a part of a known or unknown social contract.
—James Felton Keith, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Such shifts would help establish what is in effect a new social contract, bringing together communities, public institutions, workers, and providers of financial and intellectual capital.
—Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 24 Jan. 2024
If Hamas is to have any hope of getting back in the business of governing Gaza, and restoring a social contract with its more than 2 million Palestinian residents, Turkey and Qatar are most likely to supply the means.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Social contract.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20contract. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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