'societal decline' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a decrease in the quality or amount of something that affects an entire society. For example, "The rapid societal decline of small businesses is a growing concern in our community."
But isn't that how all societal decline starts?
Some critics find the rise of mahraganat indicative of a societal decline since the revolution.
The proposed amendment, which conservatives portrayed as crucial to preventing societal decline, showcased philosophical divisions within the Republican Party.
It's this: every Bills home game now provides an update on the exact state of American societal decline.
Faced with societal decline, there is a great urge to withdraw into family and career.
But I can't get past the elegiac tone of this argument and the clear but questionable implication that the decline of classical music's fortunes signals a more general societal decline.
The contributors argue that the paths and causes of societal declines are generally complex and that despite pressures of population and environmental degradation, societies demonstrate considerable resilience.
At the root of societal declines are foolish practices that represent violations of correct principles.
Dr. Cinner said the finding that overfishing was less of a problem among the poorest communities was a cause for some optimism because it showed that a "societal trajectory of decline is not a given".
The opioid crisis has myriad economic and societal impacts, including declining labor-force participation of working-age men and women, increasing costs in the criminal justice system, and growing health care spending on substance-abuse treatment.
Melanie Phillips cites the rise of individualism and the decline of societal morals as the root causes of everything.
