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sociocosmic

sociocosmic adjective: pertaining to the order of the universe and one's consequent obligations to and role in society.

Adjective

sociocosmic (comparative more sociocosmic, superlative most sociocosmic)

  1. Pertaining to the order of the universe and one's consequent obligations to and role in society.
    • Though conceptualized by introspection and terminology, this identity is not differentiated from a sociocosmic order that defines self as status and status as cosmology; through speech, posture, and manners, the entire psycho-sociocosmic complex is maintained.1978, James L. Peacock, Muslim Puritans: Reformist Psychology in Southeast Asian Islam, →ISBN
    • The notion of the smaller or sociocosmic universe is integrally tied to the Puranic notion of dharma.1991, Deborah A. Soifer, The Myths of Narasimha and Vamana, →ISBN

Examples of sociocosmic in a sentence

  • In such cases the self is understood not as a mirror of the sociocosmic order but as reality radically open to the infinite.1993, Darrell J. Fasching, The Ethical Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima: Apocalypse or Utopia?, →ISBN:
  • It has remained a cardinal principle that only Brahmans have the authority to perform the most important rituals that preserve and renew the sociocosmic order.2001, Stephen Sharot, A Comparative Sociology of World Religions, →ISBN:
  • To fear the witch "within" refers to the patient's feelings of isolation and exclusion in relation to the sociocosmic environment.2004, Michael Winkelman, Philip M. Peek, Divination and Healing: Potent Vision, →ISBN, page 47:
  • First, I provide a synthetic formulation of the contrast between the two types of sociocosmic regimes that I have been developing at various points of the book.2012, Carlos Fausto, Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia, →ISBN, page 301:

Forms of sociocosmic

comparativemore sociocosmic
superlativemost sociocosmic

Origin of sociocosmic

From socio- + cosmic.

Questions about sociocosmic

What does sociocosmic mean?
Sociocosmic means pertaining to the order of the universe and one's consequent obligations to and role in society.
How do you use sociocosmic in a sentence?
In such cases the self is understood not as a mirror of the sociocosmic order but as reality radically open to the infinite.
What part of speech is sociocosmic?
Sociocosmic is an adjective.

Words near sociocosmic in the dictionary

  1. sociocognitively
  2. sociocommunicative
  3. socioconstructivism
  4. socioconstructivist
  5. sociocontextual
  6. sociocosmic
  7. sociocracies
  8. sociocracy
  9. sociocrat
  10. sociocratic
  11. sociocrats

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