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socioculturally

socioculturally

7.9
In a way that relates to a group's social life and cultural values
  • adverb
  • /ˌsoʊsiəˈkʌltʃərəli/
translation icon : socioculturalmente
  • Schools that fail to respond to their students' needs may affect these individuals educationally, socioculturally, and emotionally.
  • socioculturally determined

Examples

  • Such explanations for twin births and the treatment of twins (present or vanished) are not only socioculturally specific but are transformative over time.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Our formative experiment involved a total of 606 students in 15 classrooms in 3 schools, each of which was located in a socioculturally different community in one of three U.S. states.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Then my question, "What is gender?" would have the answer: "It is determined socioculturally."

    Academic text (1997)
  • Socioculturally based arguments are also detected.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Throughout my process of re-experiencing, I try to be aware of the socioculturally constructed meanings I have ascribed to my experiences.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The problem that we encounter is that too often our students have not thought about the socioculturally and historically circumscribed norms, values, and beliefs that define them as individuals.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Consequently, he wrote about the shaping of cognition that comes about as a child learns to use socioculturally evolved symbols (e.g., language) to construct and express meaning.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Research shows that children develop their language skills socioculturally, influenced by their family and community interactions.

  • Teachers should consider socioculturally diverse backgrounds when designing their lesson plans to engage all students effectively.

  • In many societies, beliefs and attitudes are shaped socioculturally, reflecting the intersection of traditions and social norms.

How Cultural

culturally
74 3.7
socioculturally
7.9
socially
181 1.6
personally
286 2.9

Surface Forms

socioculturally positive

Morphology

socioculturally = sociocultural (transparent) = socio + culture + al + ly

The adverb is a regular suffixation of the adjective 'sociocultural' (itself transparently built from 'socio-' + 'cultural'), so the meaning follows directly from the components.

Etymology

Socioculturally combines socio- (from a Latin word meaning 'companion', so 'people') and culture (from a word meaning 'to cultivate', as in agriculture), giving the idea of what people grow together—their habits and traditions. So, to do something socioculturally is to do it in a way that cares about both social 'people' issues and cultural 'shared ways' or traditions.