Meaning & use
stable society
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Meaning
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A community or country where politics, laws and daily life stay calm and predictable over time.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a stable society' or 'stable societies'.
Patterns
- a stable society
- build a stable society
- stable societies need something
A strong legal system helps create a stable society.
For a stable society, people must trust the police and the courts.
Historians study how stable societies handle sudden economic change.
Word forms
| plural | stable societies |
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Common combinations
- a politically stable society
- Investors prefer a politically stable society with clear laws.
- maintain a stable society
- Education and jobs help maintain a stable society.
- a stable society depends on something
- A stable society depends on fair treatment for everyone.
- build a stable society
- The new government promised to build a stable society after the war.
Synonyms and how they differ
- orderly society
- Focuses on people behaving calmly and following rules rather than on long-term political steadiness.
- peaceful society
- Emphasizes the absence of violence; a peaceful society can still be politically unstable.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: stable society or stable community?
stable society vs stable community
'Community' means a group of people living in one area; 'society' means the whole organized system of a country or region.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'stable society' most naturally?
Choose one answer.
'Stable society' means a calm, predictable community, so 'needs fair laws and steady work' fits. The other options confuse it with a building for horses ('stable') or treat it as a physical object.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “stable society”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.