Synonyms for societal
səˈsaɪ ɪ tlso·ci·etal

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1. social, societaladjective

   relating to human society and its members

   "social institutions"; "societal evolution"; "societal forces"; "social legislation"

   Synonyms:
   social

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1. List of paraphrases for "societal":

   social, society, corporation

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1. Jason Rivera:

   There’s been a societal and cultural change. It’s a faster-paced environment, and there are more two-income households where people have to pay attention to personal care because they’re out in the work force, at the same time, people are realizing that massage has an impact on the body, that going to a hairstylist is therapeutic.

2. Matthew Kaemingk:

   The average Muslim newcomer in Europe experiences a tremendous amount of societal pressure. They experience racism, poverty, exclusion, discrimination, language and cultural barriers, and a deep sense of displacement, their sense of homelessness is not only geographical, it is spiritual. Churches who offer The Muslims real and meaningful hospitality are seeing some surprising results. Islam GERMANY received nearly 900,000 asylum seekers in 2016 ; the majority was from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, according to published reports. Churches in Berlin and Hamburg were faced with so many asylum seekers wanting to convert that they held baptisms in municipal swimming pools. The increasing number of asylum seekers in Islam GERMANY prompted the nation’s evangelical church leaders to issue a handbook on baptizing the converts, reported The Independent.

3. Zhang Jianhua:

   Our most important task is to ensure energy security, how to ensure national energy security and economic and societal growth is always the No. 1 issue for our energy development.

4. Mark Drinkwater:

   Sea level rise can have huge economic and societal impacts. ... We have been crying out for instruments like this, these satellites are showing how much mass has been lost.

5. Paul Chambers:

   If Yingluck is impeached this could easily spark snowballing sympathy for Yingluck and a resurrection of pro-Thaksin and pro-democracy sentiment that could give way to the potential beginning of demonstrations, military repression of these demonstrations could increase sympathy for them, and the longer the military remains in power, the less likely it can sustain societal approval for doing so.