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- [suh-sahy-i-tl]
- /səˈsaɪ ɪ tl/
- /səˈsaɪ.ə.təl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [suh-sahy-i-tl]
- /səˈsaɪ ɪ tl/
Definitions of societal word
- adjective societal noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc. 1
- adjective societal relating to society 1
- adjective societal Societal means relating to society or to the way society is organized. 0
- adjective societal of or relating to society, esp human society or social relations 0
- adjective societal pertaining to society; social 0
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Origin of societal
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; societ(y) + -al1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Societal
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
societal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
societal usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for societal
adj societal
- countrywide — Something that happens or exists countrywide happens or exists throughout the whole of a particular country.
- faddish — like a fad.
- federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- grouper — any of various sea basses of the family Serranidae, especially of the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, of tropical and subtropical seas.
- in circulation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
adjective societal
- group — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
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