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sociocultural

sociocultural

1 6.7
About how people's social life and their culture affect each other
  • adjective
  • /ˌsoʊsiəʊˈkʌltʃərəl/
translation icon : sociocultural
  • The sociocultural factors in the community influence how people celebrate holidays.
  • sociocultural context
  • sociocultural change
  • sociocultural perspective

Is it it could, can such a skew in people's behaviour simply be sociocultural?

Examples

  • Anthropologists have invested much of their work in search of sociocultural continuity and change.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Indonesia has more than three hundred tribal and ethnic groups that vary on almost every possible sociocultural index.

    Academic text (1992)
  • We have, you know, all the sort of sociocultural implications that influence our behavior.

  • Whether we are aware of it or not, we always experience music within sociocultural contexts, which help determine its effects.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Vygotsky's sociocultural theory takes a closer look at social relationships that foster development.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Electronic media, such as the Internet, have provided unprecedented gateways to sociocultural influences.

    Academic text (2011)
  • How one defines and expresses illness and the help that one seeks are largely shaped by sociocultural beliefs.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Consequently, the sociocultural context is an important framework for individual identity formation (Baumeister & Muraven, 1996).

    Academic text (2008)
  • Understanding the sociocultural dynamics in a classroom can enhance teaching effectiveness.

  • Different countries have various sociocultural norms that affect business practices.

How Cultural

cultural
622 3.5
sociocultural
1 6.7
social
1.3
personal
313 2.7

Surface Forms

sociocultural positive

Morphology

sociocultural = cultural (semi-transparent) = socio + culture + al

The word is built transparently from 'cultural' with the combining form 'socio-', but the combined sense is somewhat specialized and not fully predictable for a lower-level learner.

Etymology

Sociocultural comes from socio- (from Latin 'socius', meaning 'together' or 'companion') and cultural (from culture, meaning 'shared ideas and ways of life'). So, sociocultural describes how people's social life and their culture influence each other.