sociogenic

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adjective

Caused by society; having a social origin.

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Meanings

adjectivesociogenic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCaused by society; having a social origin.

    Motives for serial murder have typically been classified within one of four broad explanatory frameworks. First, there is the sociogenic approach, which assumes criminal behavior develops out of societal processes.

    2008, Grover Maurice Godwin, Hunting Serial Predators, page 1

Origin

From socio- + -genic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

coisogenic
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APA

sociogenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociogenic

MLA

“sociogenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociogenic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sociogenic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociogenic.

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