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social welfare

so·cial wel·fare
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [soh-shuh l wel-fair]
    • /ˈsoʊ ʃəl ˈwɛlˌfɛər/
    • /ˈsəʊʃl ˈwel.feər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [soh-shuh l wel-fair]
    • /ˈsoʊ ʃəl ˈwɛlˌfɛər/

Definitions of social welfare words

  • noun social welfare social services provided by a government for its citizens. 1
  • noun social welfare system of pensions and benefits 1
  • noun social welfare the various social services provided by a state for the benefit of its citizens 0
  • noun social welfare (in New Zealand) a government department concerned with pensions and benefits for the elderly, the sick, etc 0
  • noun social welfare the welfare of society, esp. of those segments of society that are underprivileged or disadvantaged because of poverty, poor education, unemployment, etc. 0
  • abbreviation SOCIAL WELFARE social work 0
See all 6 definitions of social welfare

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Origin of social welfare

First appearance:

before 1915
One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20

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Parts of speech for Social welfare

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Social welfare

social welfare popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

social welfare usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for social welfare

noun social welfare

  • casework — Casework is social work that involves actually dealing or working with the people who need help.
  • community service — Community service is unpaid work that criminals sometimes do as a punishment instead of being sent to prison.
  • good works — (Christianity) A person's beneficent actions or deeds, especially those of a charitable nature which advance one's progress toward salvation.
All 3 Synonyms of social welfare

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