hyphenated compound with 3 words

[psychohomik]

Hello,

my question concerns a compound word consisting of three elements: "collective", "action", and "driven". I would like to use it as a modifier in the sentence, and I have no idea, if there should be just one (collective action-driven) or two (collective-action-driven) hyphens.
Many thanks for your response in advance!

psychohomik

 

[emsr2d2]

Welcome to the forum.

Post the sentence you are having problems with and we can try to help you out.

 

[psychohomik]

"Intergroup contact reduces support for collective-action-driven social change"

 

[Barb_D]

I suggest you change it to "social change driven by collective actions."

However, I don't know what you mean by that phrase.

 

[Raymott]

I agree with Barb. It looks like you're trying to use the absolute minimum numbers of words possible; and by doing so, you're obscuring the meaning. Do you mean that contact between groups actually reduces the tendency for groups to participate in collective social action for change? I would have thought it would increase it.

 

[Tdol]

You will see more than three words hyphenated sometimes,but it can make it difficult to read- a hard-to-get-your-head-around sentence. Often a simple reordering can make it easier to get your head around the sentence. :up: