societal structure

collocation in English

meaningsofsocietalandstructure

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societal
adjective[before noun]
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/səˈsaɪ.ə.təl/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬əl/
relating to or ...
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structure
noun
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/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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Moulded perhaps by the currentsocietalstructureand cultural patterns, those activities feature hedonistic goals not achieved before.
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Television viewership is a good indication of the underlying dividedsocietalstructure.
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People expect gains according to thesocietalstructureof the lifespan and according to their perception of the time left to live.
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The importance of society with regard to individual behavior is part of a nearly age-old argument within the social sciences about the effect ofsocietalstructureon individual behavior.
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Quad architecture and dynamics will manifest elements ofsocietalstructureand macro-dynamics.
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Population growth was remarkable during the nineteenth century, without any significant changes occurring in the economic andsocietalstructure.
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Political institutions mirroredsocietalstructureand hierarchy.
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It also comments that the practice is not related to a feudalsocietalstructure, there are also perpetrators who are well-educated university graduates.
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They sit at the very top of thesocietalstructureand control the region, having the absolute majority of the political power.
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This shows that it was not just a protest around rugby, but also onsocietalstructureand moral values.
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Thesocietalstructurecreated by this system of government remained virtually unchanged up to modern times.
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The first approach (emphasizing the importance ofsocietalstructure) dominated in classical sociology.
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Social stress can arise from one's micro-environment (e.g., family ties) and macro-environment (e.g., hierarchicalsocietalstructure).
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It is the oldestsocietalstructurein the region, other than family and direct lineage.
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Their culture is matrilineal with asocietalstructurebased on a clan system, properly referred to as a moiety.
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Sever has stressed the enormous use of remote sensing in uncovering settlement patterns, population densities,societalstructure, communication, and transportation.
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However, climate varies naturally and the societal structures of our society have been built with an implicit consideration of such variations.
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This reflects thesocietalstructureseen above.
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Institutional-based trust refers to formal societal structures that depend on firm-specific or individual attributes, and on intermediary attributes.
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