sociocultural

American  

[soh-see-oh-kuhl-cher-uhl, soh-shee-] / ˌsoʊ si oʊˈkʌl tʃər əl, ˌsoʊ ʃi- /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and cultural elements.

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Other Word Forms

• socioculturally adverb

Etymology

Origin of sociocultural

First recorded in 1925–30; socio- + cultural

Example Sentences

Not every song Fender writes reaches for some sweeping sociocultural diagnosis.

From Los Angeles Times

They plan to continue their research in this area, including using population studies to further investigate what kind of specific parental nurturing factors and sociocultural values affect individuals' metacognitive and mentalizing abilities.

From Science Daily

It was included in MoMA’s seminal 1972 show “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape,” which presented furnishings that looked beyond aesthetics and function toward sociocultural shifts, including the rejection of bourgeois propriety.

From New York Times

The collective physical, economic, policy and sociocultural surroundings, opportunities and conditions that influence people's food and beverage choices and nutritional status.

From Salon

Overall, researchers found a critical gap in the existing literature in which most studies hadn't focused on comparing clinical, biochemical or sociocultural differences among women who develop GDM.

From Science Daily