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单词 social engineering
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Definition of social engineering in English:

social engineering

noun
mass noun
  • 1The use of centralized planning in an attempt to manage social change and regulate the future development and behaviour of a society.

    the country's unique blend of open economics, authoritarian politics, and social engineering
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Social engineering got a bad name in the 1980s, but all politics and most public health is social engineering.
    • People are sick and tired of social engineering, because it is all about trying to control the way they think and the way they lead their lives.
    • Meaningful integration has always been a result of persistent social engineering.
    • This is called social engineering: a group of bureaucrats deciding what is best for the economy.
    • To force a social mix via drastic social engineering - bussing was one example - is not politically feasible.
    • Child labour can be eradicated only by social engineering on a major scale combined with national economic growth.
    • From their privileged position as experts, they have attempted social engineering through their work.
    • They were relying on social engineering to create and enforce the rules.
    • In the gospels of social engineering this transformation was leading to a future Utopia of welfare capitalism.
    • We have a bill that will introduce this Government's agenda of social engineering.
    • Academics have attacked the plans as making social engineering part of the admissions process rather than pure academic merit.
    • It stands at the cutting edge of science, social engineering and politics, where the future is predicted before it happens.
    • Why then, since we all accept that education is, in many ways, a form of social engineering, are manners not part of the school curriculum?
    • One would hope that the lessons had been learnt from these experiments in social engineering and urban redesign, but the signs are not good.
  • 2(in the context of information security) the use of deception to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes.

    people with an online account should watch for phishing attacks and other forms of social engineering
    as modifier he's seen everything from the most devious hacks to the simplest social engineering scams

Derivatives

  • social engineer

  • noun ˌsəʊʃ(ə)l ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪəˌsoʊʃəl ˌɛndʒəˈnɪr
    • 1A person who attempts to manage social change and regulate the development of a society by means of centralized planning.

      the social engineers have decided this is the way they want our community to grow up
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They saw themselves as the social engineers of a New Europe.
      • If we believe in free markets, we should let them work without the distortions imposed by social engineers.
      • They've discovered that social engineers have a hard time turning down the opportunity to control things.
      • social engineers take advantage of people's desire to be helpful
      • it appears that the social engineer targeted specific customers of the bank
    • 2A person who uses deception to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes.

Definition of social engineering in US English:

social engineering

nounˈsoʊʃəl ˌɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)rɪŋˈsōSHəl ˌenjəˈni(ə)riNG
  • 1The use of centralized planning in an attempt to manage social change and regulate the future development and behavior of a society.

    the country's unique blend of open economics, authoritarian politics, and social engineering
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To force a social mix via drastic social engineering - bussing was one example - is not politically feasible.
    • We have a bill that will introduce this Government's agenda of social engineering.
    • One would hope that the lessons had been learnt from these experiments in social engineering and urban redesign, but the signs are not good.
    • Academics have attacked the plans as making social engineering part of the admissions process rather than pure academic merit.
    • They were relying on social engineering to create and enforce the rules.
    • In the gospels of social engineering this transformation was leading to a future Utopia of welfare capitalism.
    • This is called social engineering: a group of bureaucrats deciding what is best for the economy.
    • It stands at the cutting edge of science, social engineering and politics, where the future is predicted before it happens.
    • People are sick and tired of social engineering, because it is all about trying to control the way they think and the way they lead their lives.
    • Child labour can be eradicated only by social engineering on a major scale combined with national economic growth.
    • Meaningful integration has always been a result of persistent social engineering.
    • Why then, since we all accept that education is, in many ways, a form of social engineering, are manners not part of the school curriculum?
    • Social engineering got a bad name in the 1980s, but all politics and most public health is social engineering.
    • From their privileged position as experts, they have attempted social engineering through their work.
  • 2(in the context of information security) the use of deception to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes.

    people with an online account should watch for phishing attacks and other forms of social engineering
    as modifier he's seen everything from the most devious hacks to the simplest social engineering scams
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