Social acceptability

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Today, social compatibility is mostly interpreted as compatibility with the norms and requirements of a welfare state .

Sometimes the term is also used in the sense of individual “compatible social behavior ”. Sources from the 1970s and 1980s also refer to the social component in the context of technology assessment . If the term is found in current legal provisions, it is usually not defined in more detail there; it is considered an “indefinite legal term”, the specific interpretation of which is reserved for court decisions.

Today the term can often be found in the sense of a “socially acceptable cushioning” in the language used by politicians and other decision-makers. A euphemistic "linguistic cushioning" from decisions that are detrimental and contradictory to the welfare state concept cannot be ruled out.