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social commentary noun[ C or U ] uk /ˌsəʊ.ʃəl ˈkɒm.ən.tər.i/ us /ˌsoʊ.ʃəl ˈkɑː.mən.ter.i/ the act of saying something about subjects that affect society, or a film, book, piece of art, etc. that does this : Behind the laughter, the show delivers its share of social commentary. His art provides an interesting social commentary on our modern culture. The director's stark social commentaries have won international awards. Some of his paintings border on social commentary, while others are extremely personal and read like a diary. Mixing social commentary and still life painting has a long history in art. Social commentary has long been the hallmark of the best fiction. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Society - general words active citizen active citizenship amenity civilized consumer society freeman human interest hunter-gatherer non-segregated non-segregation social engineer social engineering sociality socially societal sociological sociologically sociologist sociology uncivilized |