supersociety

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ society.

Noun

supersociety (plural supersocieties)

1. A society composed of multiple smaller societies.
   • 2012, Peter T. Coleman, Psychological Components of Sustainable Peace‎^[1], page 5:

     Observation of the history of groups merging into supersocieties indicated that such a development normally proceeds through four stages which may considerably overlay.

Related terms

• subsociety