Societywide
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Throughout society. not-comparable
"That trial, which began the same week as the elections that brought Margaret Thatcher to power, remains a symbol, to a certain sort of Englishman, of the societywide breakdown of the 1970s, which was a decade of currency devaluations, crippling strikes, uncollected garbage and shortened workweeks."
- 1 Throughout society. not-comparable
Example
More examples"That trial, which began the same week as the elections that brought Margaret Thatcher to power, remains a symbol, to a certain sort of Englishman, of the societywide breakdown of the 1970s, which was a decade of currency devaluations, crippling strikes, uncollected garbage and shortened workweeks."
Etymology
From society + -wide.
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