Meanings
nounsocial security (uncountable)
- USuncountableA specific such social benefit providing income in retirement or disability.
Near-synonym: social insurance (not always different)
Synonyms: social insurance
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA specific such social benefit providing income in retirement or disability.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 社會保障 /社会保障, 社保
- 社會保障 /社会保障 (shèhuì bǎozhàng)system
- 社保 (shèbǎo)system
- 福利金 (fúlìjīn)benefits
Czech sociální zabezpečení
- sociální zabezpečenísystem
Dutch sociale zekerheid, uitkering
- sociale zekerheidsystem
- uitkeringbenefits
Finnish sosiaaliturva, sosiaaliturvajärjestelmä
- sosiaaliturvasystem
- sosiaaliturvajärjestelmäsystem
- sosiaaliturvabenefits
- sosiaalietubenefits
French sécurité sociale, sécurité sociale
- sécurité socialesystem
- sécurité socialebenefits
German soziale Sicherheit, Sozialversicherung
- soziale Sicherheitsystem
- Sozialversicherungsystem
- Sozialversicherungsleistungenbenefits
Indonesian jaminan sosial
- jaminan sosialsystem
Irish slándáil shóisialach, slándáil shóisialta
- slándáil shóisialachsystem
- slándáil shóisialtasystem
Japanese 社会保障
- 社会保障 (shakai hoshō)system
Korean 사회보장
- 사회보장 (sahoebojang)system
Polish opieka społeczna, pomoc społeczna
- opieka społecznasystem
- pomoc społecznasystem
- socjalbenefits
- zasiłek socjalnybenefits
Portuguese seguridade social, segurança social
- seguridade socialsystem
- segurança socialsystem
Russian социа́льное обеспече́ние, социа́льное обеспече́ние
- социа́льное обеспече́ние (sociálʹnoje obespečénije)system
- социа́льное обеспече́ние (sociálʹnoje obespečénije)benefits
- посо́бие (posóbije)benefits
- социа́льная по́мощь (sociálʹnaja pómoščʹ)benefits
Spanish seguridad social
- seguridad socialsystem
Vietnamese an sinh xã hội
- an sinh xã hộisystem
Cite this entry
APA
social security. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20security
MLA
“social security.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20security. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “social security,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20security.
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