Meanings
plural social contracts
- governmentAn implicit agreement or contract among members of a society governing such matters as submission of individuals to the rule of law and acceptable conduct.
In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]
2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 191 more example
When scammers large and small live better than those creating value in the real economy, the Social Contract has ceased to exist.
2023 April 24, Charles Hugh Smith, America's Social Contract Is BrokenSynonyms: social compact
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn implicit agreement or contract among members of a society governing such matters as submission of individuals to the rule of law and acceptable conduct.
Translations
Arabic عَقْد اِجْتِمَاعِيّ
- عَقْد اِجْتِمَاعِيّ (ʕaqd ijtimāʕiyy)agreement or contract
Bulgarian обществен договор
- обществен договор (obštestven dogovor)agreement or contract
Catalan contracte social
- contracte socialagreement or contract
Chinese Mandarin 社會契約 /社会契约
- 社會契約 /社会契约 (shèhuì qìyuē)agreement or contract
Danish samfundspagt
- samfundspagtagreement or contract
Dutch sociaal contract
- sociaal contractagreement or contract
Estonian ühiskondlik leping
- ühiskondlik lepingagreement or contract
Finnish yhteiskuntasopimus
- yhteiskuntasopimusagreement or contract
French contrat social
- contrat socialagreement or contract
German Gesellschaftsvertrag
- Gesellschaftsvertragagreement or contract
Greek κοινωνικό συμβόλαιο
- κοινωνικό συμβόλαιο (koinonikó symvólaio)agreement or contract
Hebrew אֲמָנָה חֶבְרָתִית
- אֲמָנָה חֶבְרָתִית (amaná khevratít)agreement or contract
Hungarian társadalmi szerződés
- társadalmi szerződésagreement or contract
Indonesian kontrak sosial
- kontrak sosialagreement or contract
Italian contratto sociale
- contratto socialeagreement or contract
Japanese 社会契約
- 社会契約 (shakai keiyaku)agreement or contract
Korean 사회계약
- 사회계약 (sahoegyeyak)agreement or contract
Latin pactum socialis, contractus socialis
- pactum socialisagreement or contract
- contractus socialisagreement or contract
Lithuanian visuomenės sutartis
- visuomenės sutartisagreement or contract
Malay kontrak sosial
- kontrak sosialagreement or contract
Norwegian Bokmål samfunnspakt, samfunnskontrakt
- samfunnspaktagreement or contract
- samfunnskontraktagreement or contract
Polish umowa społeczna
- umowa społecznaagreement or contract
Portuguese contrato social
- contrato socialagreement or contract
Romanian contract social
- contract socialagreement or contract
Russian обще́ственный догово́р
- обще́ственный догово́р (obščéstvennyj dogovór)agreement or contract
Spanish contrato social
- contrato socialagreement or contract
Tagalog kasunduang panlipunan
- kasunduang panlipunanagreement or contract
Tamil சமூக ஒப்பந்தம்
- சமூக ஒப்பந்தம் (camūka oppantam)agreement or contract
Turkish toplumsal sözleşme
- toplumsal sözleşmeagreement or contract
Ukrainian суспільний договір, соціальний договір
- суспільний договір (suspilʹnyj dohovir)agreement or contract
- соціальний договір (socialʹnyj dohovir)agreement or contract
Vietnamese khế ước xã hội
- khế ước xã hộiagreement or contract
Cite this entry
social contract. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20contract
“social contract.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20contract. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “social contract,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20contract.
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