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[ suh -sahy -i-tl ] SHOW IPA
/ səˈsaɪ ɪ tl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
Origin of societal First recorded in 1895–1900; societ(y) + -al1
OTHER WORDS FROM societal so·ci·e·tal·ly, adverb an·ti·so·ci·e·tal, adjective an·ti·so·ci·e·tal·ly, adverb in·ter·so·ci·e·tal, adjective
non·so·ci·e·tal, adjective
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Words nearby societal social unit, Social War, social wasp, social welfare, social work, societal , societal development, societal marketing, society, Society Islands, Society of Friends
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Example sentences from the Web for societal He becomes increasingly paranoid by the societal fixtures around him—a ticking clock, a ringing phone.
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Reactionaries were the industrialists, who wanted little or no societal change.
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This is so much more of a societal issue than just a commercial issue.
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In other words, we have a perfect storm of societal systems that disproportionately target our LGBT youth.
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Kremlin television began airing documentaries blaming sites like VK for all manner of societal ills.
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The affected person became dangerous to others, and was forced to banish himself from societal contact with them.
Folkways | William Graham Sumner
The nuclear family of the civilization of literacy has been absorbed in the illiterate dynamics of societal functioning.
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The whole problem of mutual service is the great problem of societal organization.
Folkways | William Graham Sumner
They did not verify when the attempt was made to use them for societal needs.
Folkways | William Graham Sumner
Therefore the assumed knowledge of the facts of kinship was used as the basis of a whole series of societal conventions.
Folkways | William Graham Sumner
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British Dictionary definitions for societal adjective of or relating to society, esp human society or social relations
Derived forms of societal societally , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to societal social, amusing, civil, collective, common, communal, communicative, community, companionable, convivial, cordial, diverting, entertaining, familiar, general, gracious, gregarious, group, hospitable, informative