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Social change is the alteration of the social order of a society which may include changes in social institutions, social behaviours or social relations. Sustained at a larger scale, it may lead to social transformation or societal transformation.^[1]

^ Kavanagh, Donncha; Lightfoot, Geoff; Lilley, Simon (2021). "Are we living in a time of particularly rapid social change? And how might we know?". Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 169: 120856. doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120856.