societal
[səˈsaɪ.ɪ.tɫ̩]US[səˈsaɪ.ə.tɫ̩]
societal adjective: of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
Adjective
societal (comparative more societal, superlative most societal)
- Of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- But his real legacy, which has touched each of us more than we will likely ever know, centers around a rather simple notion of spontaneous order of societal development.1992 May 31, David Rehr, “Hayek's Legacy of the Spontaneous Order”, in Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2025
- While H5N1 flu is obviously lethal, some milder flus pose a greater societal threat, Professor Mathews says.2010, Malcolm Knox, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 46
societal meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Tagalog
societal in Tamil
- சமுதாய
societal in Urdu
- معاشرت کا
societal in Malayalam
- societal
- സാമൂഹിക sāmūhika, സാമൂഹികമായ sāmūhikamāya
societal in Tagalog
- societal
- ulnungin
Examples of societal in a sentence
- Not eating your children is just one of those societal norms.
- They saw an eye-opening documentary on the societal costs of cheap clothing production; there are many externalities.
- Societal approaches to mental illness often clearly reflect a nonclinical bias, as for example with stigmatization or fear.
Forms of societal
| comparative | more societal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most societal |
Origin of societal
From society + -al.
Words formed from societal
Questions about societal
- What does societal mean?
- Societal means of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- What is societal in Tamil?
- Societal in Tamil is சமுதாய. See Societal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is societal?
- Societal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce societal?
- Societal is pronounced [səˈsaɪ.ɪ.tɫ̩] (UK).
Words near societal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: societal (page history and authors); societal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); societal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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