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Society, say, mad and divided into sections (9)

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I believe the answer is:

segmental

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'divided into sections' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'society say mad' is the wordplay.
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'say' becomes 'eg'.
'mad' becomes 'mental'.
's'+'eg'+'mental'='SEGMENTAL'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for segmental that I've seen before include "As, say, Orange" , "Composed of distinct parts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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