sociopolitical

[ soh-see-oh-puh-lit-i-kuhl, soh-shee- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and political factors:

   the sociopolitical environment in Japan.

sociopolitical

/ ˌsəʊsɪəʊpəˈlɪtɪkəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or involving both political and social factors

Word History and Origins

Origin of sociopolitical¹

First recorded in 1880–85; socio- + political

Example Sentences

While the screenplay’s themes can be extrapolated to broader sociopolitical questions, it fails to impart any new insights beyond the basic notion that cardinals, they’re just like us.

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Hunter’s spiritually searching plays offering acute portraits of red state America appealed to Flynn’s metaphysical and sociopolitical sides.

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Co-starring Tyrese Gibson and Ray Liotta, Ariel Vromen’s low-grade crime movie lunges for unearned sociopolitical depth by using the L.A. riots as set dressing.

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Where many streaming mysteries make a fetish of style, depth, sociopolitical relevance and formal novelty, aiming to become conversation starters, the conversation around “Bad Monkey” might run simply like this:

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Vietnam and women’s liberation lend the show a sociopolitical texture, and it’s a fraught era that Burnett remembers well.

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