+A **social fact** is a concept from [sociology](/wiki/sociology) referring to ways of acting, thinking, and feeling, external to the individual, yet endowed with a power of coercion by which they control him. These unseen forces, like [norms](/wiki/norm) and [institutions](/wiki/institution), shape collective behavior independently of individual will.
+## See also
+- [Collective Consciousness](/wiki/collective_consciousness)
+- [Social Structure](/wiki/social_structure)
+- [Durkheim](/wiki/durkheim)
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