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Kirill V. Alekseev - Associate professor of the department of literature and journalism of the faculty of Russian philology and national culture, S. A. Yesenin Russian State University, Senior researcher of the SPSC RAS, Moscow, Russia

Abstract. The current paper has considered the concepts related to the individual, society, and the state in the field of security. The issue has been analyzed from three perspectives, such as linguistic, doctrinal (scientific and legal), and regulatory practice. There has been established that, from a linguistic perspective, the concepts in the field of security are synonymous, which is presented in regulatory legal acts and documents on Russia’s strategic development. There has been argued that the word combinations “personal security” and “security of a person”, “public security” and “security of a society”, “state security” and “security of a state” should be considered synonymous in both legal scholarship and regulatory legal acts. This is supported by linguistic and comparative legal analysis. There has been proposed to develop a unified terminology and conceptual framework with the participation of linguists and security specialists, as well as to include their definitions and their work results into the legislative process.

The paper was prepared as part of the state assignment “Comprehensive study of public security issues as a strategic priority of national security of the Russian Federation (FFFZ-2025-0001)”.

Keywords: security; personal security; public security; state security; synonymy of word combinations.

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Alekseev K.V. The correlation among the concepts of “security of a person”, “security of a society”, and “security of a state”: a linguistic and legal analysis // Transport law and security. 2025; (3(55)):119―131.