societal

[ suh-sahy-i-tl ]

/ səˈsaɪ ɪ tl /

noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.

Origin of societal

First recorded in 1895–1900; societ(y) + -al¹

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

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.

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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.

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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

societal

/ (səˈsaɪətəl) /

of or relating to society, esp human society or social relations

societally, adverb