sociopsychological
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sociopsychological
First recorded in 1920–25; socio- + psychological
Example Sentences
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On top of all the sociopsychological wrangling, there came an explosion in the availability and affordability of portable, shelf-stable foods.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
“What would be the main sociopsychological consequences of such a world?”
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2014
The result is a plan that has the children taped and measured in the latest sociopsychological terms, from "group hostility" to "rejection."
From Time Magazine Archive
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A sociologist at the University of California at Santa Cruz, she agrees that a male-dominated society sets up mother-daughter conflicts, but she sees them in largely sociopsychological terms.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I selected from experience nursing examples to make these sociopsychological public health constructs meaningful.
From Humanistic Nursing by Paterson, Josephine G.
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