sociogenesis

English

Etymology

socio- +‎ -genesis

Noun

sociogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural sociogeneses)

  1. The development of social organization, such as among insects
    We studied sociogenesis in certain species of ants.
  2. The social origin of a particular phenomenon
    There are many theories regarding the sociogenesis of language.

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