societal

Word family  noun society sociologist sociology sociability social socialism socialist socialite socialization sociopath adjective sociable ≠ unsociable social ≠ anti-social unsocial socialist socialistic societal sociological sociopathic verb socialize adverb socially sociably sociologically

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++so·ci·e·tal /səˈsaɪətl/ adjective  SOCIETYrelating to a particular society 社会的 societal attitudes 社会态度

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societal• Increasingly, we are seeing all sorts of societal activities migrate into cyberspace.• Just as individuals need to forget jobs and look for the work that needs doing, so do societal agencies and institutions.• It may not be happening fast enough, but the winds of societal change take a while to get up to speed.• societal changes• For them the key to societal continuity is conformity due to learnt rules of conduct.• It allows the study of a rapid societal development limited in time and space within very narrow boundaries.• The transition to a world without jobs is going to take place on both the individual and the societal levels.• Some legislators feel such deep loyalty to particular group or societal norms that they seldom experience seriously conflicting pressures.• From the societal point of view, the public interest theory presents an ideal.

so·ci·e·tal adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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societal
so‧ci‧e‧tal /səˈsaɪətl/ adjectiverelating to a particular society:
    societal attitudes

so·ci·etalBrE /səˈsaɪətl/ 🔊NAmE /səˈsaɪətl/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (specialist) connected with society and the way it is organized 社会的；关于社会的