和訳お願い致します(social meaning...のところ）
The results were fascinating. In almost every conversation, John Deane's recollection of what had actually been said was wrong. Different words were used, topics were mentioned In a different order, and sometimes particularly memorable phrases hadn't actually been said at all. And yet, even though the details were all wrong, the social meaning of what had gone on was perfectly correct. Deane didn't remember the details accurately, even though he thought he did, but he did remember what had happened. It was the meaning of the events which he actually remembered, and his knowledge of what it all meant influenced his recall of the details.
(Nicky Hayes, Psychologyより)
上記の英文中の"social meaning"の訳を高校生でも分かるように教えていただけますか？（実は、以前、別のサイトでもうかがったのですが、残念ながら自分の理解力のなさで、諦めました。）ある人に聞いたら、「実質的意味合い」だとおっしゃっていました。前後関係で、この文の言いたいこと（細かいことは間違っていたけれど、本質的なところはあっていた）は分かるのですが、social meaning→「実質的意味合い」というふうになるのが、高校生にどう説明していいか分かりません。それとも別のいい訳がありますか。
