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SOCIETAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to human society and its members
Example:
social legislation
Synonyms:
social; societal
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
society (an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization)
Derivation:
society (an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization)