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superorganic

[soo-per-awr-gan-ik]
adjective Sociology, Anthropology.
  1. of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
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Origin of superorganic

super- + organic
Related formssu·per·or·gan·i·cism, nounsu·per·or·gan·i·cist, noun
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Historical Examples of superorganic

  • There is here, it may be said, no special reference to the organic and the superorganic.

    Spencer's Philosophy of Science

    C. Lloyd Morgan

  • It remains to apply them to inorganic, organic, and superorganic existences.

  • They belong to a superorganic system of relations, conventions, and institutional arrangements.

    Folkways

    William Graham Sumner

  • Competition and combination are two forms of life association which alternate through the whole organic and superorganic domains.

    Folkways

    William Graham Sumner

British Dictionary definitions for superorganic

superorganic

adjective
  1. sociol (no longer widely used) relating to those aspects of a culture that are conceived as being superior to the individual members of the society
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Derived Formssuperorganicism, nounsuperorganicist, noun
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