Societal

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  • adjective. Of or relating to the structure, organization, or functioning of society.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to the social order or to natural society.
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  • adjective. Of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
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  • adjective. relating to human society and its members
  • Word Usage
    ""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."
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