societal
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
Origin of societal
1Other 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
Words Nearby societal
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How to use societal in a sentence
It’s great that we are learning from and supporting each other to have more societal impacts in our day-to-day roles.
European VC funds are building community around ESG initiatives | Richard Dal Porto | February 11, 2021 | TechCrunchThe main societal concern she expressed on the show was that children spent too much time watching television.
How Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, promoter of QAnon’s baseless theories, rose with support from key Republicans | Michael Kranish, Reis Thebault, Stephanie McCrummen | January 30, 2021 | Washington PostWe won’t leave societal conflict behind by leaving Earth, Smiles says.
As consumer behaviors continue to morph in unexpected ways in reaction to societal and pandemic-related forces, the machines cannot succeed on their own—artificial intelligence and machine learning use historical trends and data.
3 Critical PPC Lessons from 2020 for a Brilliant 2021 | Sponsored Content: Optmyzr | January 19, 2021 | Search Engine LandThe report concluded, “The heightened expectations of business bring CEOs new demands to focus on societal engagement with the same rigor, thoughtfulness and energy used to deliver on profits.”
As Americans Crave Stability After Capitol Attack, CEOs Step Into the Leadership Void | Eben Shapiro | January 17, 2021 | Time
He becomes increasingly paranoid by the societal fixtures around him—a ticking clock, a ringing phone.
‘Interstellar’ Is Wildly Ambitious, Very Flawed, and Absolutely Worth Seeing | Marlow Stern | November 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTReformers understood that constructive societal evolution was the antidote to socialist revolution.
From The Square Deal to The New Deal: The Overlapping Political Identities of TR and FDR | John Avlon | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTReactionaries were the industrialists, who wanted little or no societal change.
From The Square Deal to The New Deal: The Overlapping Political Identities of TR and FDR | John Avlon | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis has engendered an understandable search for an alternative standard to measure societal well-being.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class | Joel Kotkin | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTImproving societal knowledge about the drug will be the next battlefield for the country.
Thermonuclear weapons, complemented over time by strong conventional forces, threatened societal damage to Russia.
Shock and Awe | Harlan K. UllmanThe target set encompasses both military and societal values.
Shock and Awe | Harlan K. UllmanIt is, therefore, the competition of life which is the societal element, and which produces societal organization.
Folkways | William Graham SumnerThe notion of societal welfare was not wanting, although it was never consciously put before themselves as their purpose.
Folkways | William Graham SumnerWithin any such societal status the great reason for any phenomenon is that it conforms to the mores of the time and place.
Folkways | William Graham Sumner
British Dictionary definitions for societal
/ (səˈsaɪətəl) /
of or relating to society, esp human society or social relations
Derived forms of societal
- societally, adverb
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