Social equals (5)
I believe the answer is:
peers
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">social equals</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for peers that I've seen before include "Looks closely at equals" , "Looks searchingly" .)