definition
strict definition
social object
A person or group of people forming an entity that can be recognized and defined within its social context.
A social object is any person or group of persons forming a recognizable and definable entity.
The entity can be one person as well as a group. Its identity comes from the person or people involved rather than from a required physical structure.
A company has the broad business, organizational, or individual role described in that definition. The social object supplies the more general person-or-group meaning.