culturomics

[ kuhl-chuh-roh-miks, ‐-rom-iks ]

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.

Other Words From

• cultu·romic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of culturomics¹

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

Example Sentences

Some have talked of “culturomics”, a form of computational lexicology that uses corpus tools to analyse and forecast trends in human behaviour.

From The Guardian

Now, as the Culturomics researchers posited, the proliferation of electronic databases and antsy online audiences are encouraging lexicographers to move faster still.

From Slate

The Google Books Ngram Viewer—which resulted from the ongoing “Culturomics” project at Harvard and MIT—and other digital corpuses can detect “low-frequency words” lexicographers might be missing.

From Slate

To test this evolutionary premise, Mr. Aiden and Mr. Michel wound up inventing something they call culturomics, the use of huge amounts of digital information to track changes in language, culture and history.

From New York Times

The momentous term culturomics suggests the authors’ ambitious view of what can seem like an intellectual parlor game.

From New York Times