societal
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- adjective
- /səˈsaɪətəl/
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social
- How can we use our research in the service of societal change as well as educational reform?
- societal norms
- societal change
- societal expectations
So I am very curious to see what societal impact that will have.
- So I am very curious to see what societal impact that will have.
- This creates massive, massive societal problems in our country.
- Let me take a broader societal perspective.
- The problem is societal and we're not talking about that.
- And so this societal change is doing the same thing.
- And I was trained on societal conventions of how to conduct myself.
- What ends up being the societal reaction?
- We keep trying to put band aids on societal issues that require tourniquets.
- This shows you where societal returns come from, right?
- I feel like I get the societal pressure thing.
Examples
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And then we got to think about larger, broader societal issues as well.
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I feel like I get the societal pressure thing.
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And so this societal change is doing the same thing.
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The problem is societal and we're not talking about that.
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And films also shape that societal understanding.
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This creates massive, massive societal problems in our country.
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So I am very curious to see what societal impact that will have.
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Rights are complex concepts founded on moral, policy, societal, and cultural ideas.
Academic text (1999) -
Child abuse and neglect reporting laws have focused societal attention on a serious problem.
Academic text (1990) -
The recent protests highlighted many important societal issues that need to be addressed.
Synonyms
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Relating to how people or animals live and behave in groups
Compounds
How Social
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Societal comes from society, which comes from the Latin word socius meaning 'companion' or 'friend'. Think of a society as a group of companions who join together, and that's why societal describes things about how people live and organize together.