culturomics

American  

[kuhl-chuh-roh-miks, ‐-rom-iks] / ˌkʌl tʃəˈroʊ mɪks, ‐ˈrɒm ɪks /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• culturomic adjective

Etymology

Origin of culturomics

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

Example Sentences

"There are no bounds to what he can be interested in," says Lander, who, like others, suspects that culturomics might eventually be merely a sideline for Lieberman Aiden in his ascent in mathematical biology.

From Nature • Jun. 22, 2011

Michel and Aiden revealed culturomics to the world in 2010, with a paper that offered a tasting platter of the n-grams’ potential.

From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2011

He named the science "culturomics" – the quantitative study of human culture.

From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2011

His most ambitious project to date – culturomics – is very much a fusion of the so-called "two cultures".

From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2011

They have started a group at Harvard called the Cultural Observatory, with the aim of creating more powerful sets of data like the one that powers culturomics.

From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2011