different between society vs sociocultural

English

Alternative forms

• soc. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French societé , from Latin societ?s, societ?tem (“fellowship, association, alliance, union, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sok?-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek?- (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??sa?.?.ti/

Noun

society (countable and uncountable, plural societies)

1. (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
2. (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.

   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

3. (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
4. (uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
5. (uncountable) High society.
6. (countable, law) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• "society" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 291.

English

Etymology

From socio- +? cultural.

Adjective

sociocultural (comparative more sociocultural, superlative most sociocultural)

1. Of or relating to both society and culture.

Derived terms

• socioculturally

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

socio- +? cultural

Adjective

sociocultural (masculine and feminine plural socioculturals)

1. sociocultural

Further reading

• “sociocultural” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sociocultural” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “sociocultural” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Etymology

socio- +? cultural

Adjective

sociocultural m or f (plural socioculturais)

1. sociocultural

Further reading

• “sociocultural” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

socio- +? cultural

Adjective

sociocultural m or f (plural socioculturais, comparable)

1. sociocultural

Derived terms

• socioculturalmente

Further reading

• “sociocultural” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French sociocultural

Adjective

sociocultural m or n (feminine singular sociocultural?, masculine plural socioculturali, feminine and neuter plural socioculturale)

1. sociocultural

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From socio- +? cultural.

Adjective

sociocultural (plural socioculturales)

1. sociocultural

Further reading

• “sociocultural” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.