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societywide en · ADJ

Etymology

From society + -wide.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Throughout society.
   • 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. 2009 July 12, Christopher Caldwell, “Can David Cameron Redefine Britain’s Tory Party?”, in New York Times:

societywide en · ADV

Etymology

From society + -wide.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Throughout society.