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social growth

social growth Social growth is the way a society develops and progresses over time.

Social growth is the way a society develops and progresses over time. In this historical source, it is contrasted with biological growth and is understood as arising through social and psychological processes such as imitation, invention, tradition, and shared moral or religious life rather than through bodily processes like heredity or cell division.