Meanings
comparative more sociocultural · superlative most sociocultural
- Of or relating to both society and culture.
As we will learn shortly, some researchers contend that DID is a spontaneously occurring consequence of childhood trauma, whereas others contend that it emerges primarily in response to suggestive therapist cueing, media influences, and broader sociocultural expectations.
2015, Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, “5. Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Contemporary Scientific Perspective”, in Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, Jeffrey M. Lohr, editors, Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology, second edition, New York: The Guilford Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 122
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
- Proto-Italic*sokjos
- Latinsokios
- Latinsocius
- Englishsocio-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Middle Frenchculture
- Englishculture
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcultural
- Englishsociocultural
Translations
Catalan sociocultural
- socioculturalof both society and culture
Chinese Mandarin 社會文化的 /社会文化的
- 社會文化的 /社会文化的 (shèhuì wénhuà de)of both society and culture
Finnish sosiokulttuurinen
- sosiokulttuurinenof both society and culture
French socioculturel
- socioculturelof both society and culture
Irish soch-chultúrtha
- soch-chultúrthaof both society and culture
Italian socioculturale
- socioculturaleof both society and culture
Norwegian Bokmål sosiokulturell
- sosiokulturellof both society and culture
Polish społeczno-kulturalny
- społeczno-kulturalnyof both society and culture
Portuguese sociocultural
- socioculturalof both society and culture
Romanian sociocultural
- socioculturalof both society and culture
Spanish sociocultural
- socioculturalof both society and culture
Swedish sociokulturell
- sociokulturellof both society and culture
Tagalog ulnukalnangin
- ulnukalnanginof both society and culture
Cite this entry
sociocultural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociocultural
“sociocultural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociocultural. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sociocultural,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociocultural.
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