culturomics

[ kuhl-chuh-roh-miks, ‐rom-iks ]

noun(used with a singular verb)
  1. the study of human culture and cultural trends over time by means of quantitative analysis of words and phrases in a very large corpus of digitized texts: Culturomics can pinpoint periods of accelerated language change.

Origin of culturomics

1
2010; cultur(e) + -omics, as in genomics

Other words from culturomics

  • cul·tu·ro·mic, adjective

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