0 the artificial controlling or changing of how a society develops:
He dismissed the government's plans to give married couples tax breaks as "social engineering".
The country has a long history of attempting social engineering through laws and regulations that many people would consider intrusive.
Even PCs protected behind firewalls can fall prey to social engineering.
Social engineering allows children to think they're talking to someone they know or are familiar with.
1 the artificial controlling or changing of the groups within society, usually according to particular political beliefs:
He argues for American-style social engineering to help minorities advance.
If buying your child an unfair advantage in life isn't social engineering, I don't know what is.
Taken together, the figures suggest the costly social engineering measures have backfired.
Most social engineering used to trick people into running the malicious programs is simple or even crude.
Emails containing tempting subject lines but containing a trojan can be classified as an online social engineering attack.
They developed a centralist ideology of planning that launched extreme projects of social engineering.
The second stage, interventionism, was inspired by progressive ideas that ushered in the new century and emphasised the possibilities of social engineering.
This element of social engineering again suggests a move towards (or at least a desire for) universalism, harmony and peace.
They no longer offered the possibility of social engineering and political stability that had so captured the imagination of land reformers before 1914.
