Social environment
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The social environment or social context is a group of identical or similar social positions and social roles. Social enviroment of an individual is the culture that he or she was educated and/or lives in, and the people and institutions with whom the person interacts. For example, there are artistic enviroments (artists in a given area), educational enviroments (members of a university), political enviroments (members of a political party), etc. A given social enviroment is likely to create an enviroment solidarity among its members, who are more likely to keep together, trust and help one another and think in similar ways. This will likely influence a composition of a social circle.
This is the sense of environment usually assumed in sociology, literature, history, art, and also often in common usage.