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Society

n.

bourgeois

Meaning: a middle-class person, capitalist

Usage: Many businessmen receive criticism for their bourgeois approach to life.

n.

convention

Meaning: an assembly of people 2. a rule, custom

Usage: The cattle-ranchers have a convention that you take off your boots before entering their houses.

n.

mores

Meaning: the moral attitudes and fixed customs of a group of people.

Usage: Mores change over time; many things that were tolerated in 1975 are no longer seen as being socially acceptable.

adj.

cosmopolitan

Meaning: sophisticated, worldly

Usage: Lloyd’s education and upbringing were cosmopolitan, so he felt right at home among the powerful and learned.