結社

• 読み: けっしゃ
• ローマ字: kessha
• 漢字の分解: 結 (ketsu) — bind, form, join; 社 (sha) — society, organisation
• 発音: /ke.s.ɕa/

意味

Association; society; organisation. The act of forming a group or the group itself, especially one with a shared ideology or purpose.

Appears in legal and political contexts, particularly in the phrase 結社の自由 (freedom of association), a fundamental right guaranteed by the Japanese Constitution. Used for both legitimate organisations and clandestine groups. 秘密結社 (secret society) is a common compound. The right of 結社 is considered essential to civil society.

例文

1. 憲法は結社の自由を基本的人権の一つとして保障している。
2. 政府はその秘密結社を危険な組織と見なし、解散を命じた。
3. 労働者が結社して権利を守ることは民主主義社会の根幹をなす。

使い方ガイド

場面: constitutional law, civil society, political science

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound. 結 (ketsu) means to bind, form, or join; 社 (sha) means society, organisation, or community (as in 会社, 社会). Together they denote the formal binding of people into a collective body.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated