societal change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsocietalandchange
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societal
adjective[before noun]
uk/səˈsaɪ.ə.təl/us/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬əl/
relating to or ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofsocietalandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Meaningfulsocietalchange(of which accountability is likely to be a key part) requires the overhaul of political, legal and social institutions.
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As to howsocietalchangeis translated into political dynamics, authors differ on this as well.
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These findings suggest that an important mechanism by whichsocietalchangemay have affected older adults is through their children's experiences.
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Societalchangehas meant that the characteristics of the poor have also changed.
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Such high ideals were soon replaced by the horse-trading which, throughout history, accompanied all new vehicles of commercial andsocietalchange.
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Older adults may be indirectly affected by massivesocietalchange(period effects) and by their personal experiences.
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The results of this study provide an argument for reconsidering the roles and responsibilities of television programmes at a time of historically unprecedentedsocietalchange.
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Such age-related attitudinal changes are not a reaction tosocietalchange, but represent ageing effects.
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Their care-giving activities do however demonstrate the potential for male care-giving thatsocietalchangemay release.
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Societalchangeand change in family violence from 1975-1985 as revealed by two national surveys.
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Societalchangein family violence from 1975 to 1985 as revealed by two national surveys.
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The existing research also noted that girls tend to choose a wider range of instruments, perhaps as a result of significantsocietalchangebrought about through the rise of feminism.
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Thus,societalchangelargely brought about by the welfare state has changed older people from a group associated with extreme financial difficulties into a relatively well-off group.
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Moraes already conceived adjustments to legislation as the result ofsocietalchange.
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Health promotion values indigenous knowledge and practices, and seeks to achieve positivesocietalchange while respecting existing cultural groups and communities.
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To tolerate those with whom one disagrees is to risk, among other things,societalchangeof a sort that is undesirable from one's own point of view (195-200).
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This is an extremely important initiative that goes right to the very heart of thesocietalchangethat is engulfing our world at the moment.
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We need to address thesocietalchangeof increasing alcohol consumption by women, too.
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That will take time, because this is also a question ofsocietalchange, but it is very important to be there and offer and agree to that.
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Most particularly, this art can identify the single person whose death would precipitate asocietalchange.
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