Hypernyms for "social control"
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acculturation
administration
appeasement
auto limitation
calming
communisation
communization
corrections
demobilisation
demobilization
denationalisation
denationalization
deprivation
detribalisation
detribalization
direction
discrimination
domination
duty
enculturation
enforcement
favoritism
favouritism
governance
governing
government
government activity
management
militarisation
militarization
military control
mobilisation
mobilization
nationalisation
nationalization
normalisation
normalization
obligation
occupation
patronage
penalisation
penalization
penalty
population control
privation
privatisation
privatization
punishment
responsibility
sanction
socialisation
socialization
standardisation
standardization
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.