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societal

[suh-sahy-i-tl] / səˈsaɪ ɪ tl /


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Is it a lack of societal residual guilt from the Holocaust?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Professor Lee Elliot Major said teachers are acting as "de facto parents" in the classroom, explaining that a lot of "societal challenges" come out in this setting.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

His dramas set domestic conflicts against the backdrop of societal systems that insidiously warp the playing field for their characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"But it's not to precipitate a full-blown societal or humanitarian collapse."

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The myriad factors affecting innovativeness make the historian’s task paradoxically easier, by converting societal variation in innovativeness into essentially a random variable.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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