societal
IPA: sʌsˈaɪɪtʌɫ
adjective
- Of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
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Examples of "societal" in Sentences
- Societal chaos is in the offing.
- Societal growth and urbanization.
- And ultimately, a societal nightmare.
- Attempts at church and societal reform.
- Christians are subject to societal disadvantage.
- But it is definitely religious in nature and not societal.
- This was a purification ritual, a form of societal catharsis.
- The book has not aged well in view of the changes in societal mores.
- I find "political correctness" works both ways in societal politess.
- The personal, familial, and societal costs of schizophrenia are enormous.
- Both were predicated on the acknowledgement that external oversight, no matter how invasive, could not vouchsafe societal protection.
- Following the Beta launch of what it describes as a societal network, Microsoft has addressed some of the questions emerging around Vine.
- In my opinion, there is the need for a change in societal perception of women especially in developing countries where such negative perceptions are dominant.
- As you sifted through the Horn Book archives, as you looked through them for seminal essays to include, did you notice changes in societal notions regarding these different reading stages?
- "We came in naïve about what the problems were in Iraq, I don't think we understood what I call the societal devastation that occurred," he said, citing the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and the international sanctions from 1990 to 2003 that wiped out the middle class.
- These studies drive home several key issues, but two stand out: First, teachers cannot teach and parents cannot perform their duties responsibly if they do not have access, or appropriate guidance, training and support to deploy new technologies; and second, if we don't place a sharp emphasis on the 1.5 million children who enter kindergarten every year already behind their peers, we will face enormous long-term societal challenges.