societywide

English

Etymology

society +‎ -wide

Adjective

societywide (not comparable)

  1. Throughout society.
    • 2009 July 12, Christopher Caldwell, “Can David Cameron Redefine Britain’s Tory Party?”, in New York Times‎:
      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.

Adverb

societywide (not comparable)

  1. Throughout society.
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