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sociogenesis

sociogenesis noun: the development of social organization, such as among insects.

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.

Forms of sociogenesis

pluralsociogeneses

Origin of sociogenesis

From socio- + -genesis.

Words formed from sociogenesis

Questions about sociogenesis

What does sociogenesis mean?
Sociogenesis means the development of social organization, such as among insects.
What part of speech is sociogenesis?
Sociogenesis is a noun.
What is the plural of sociogenesis?
The plural of sociogenesis is sociogeneses.

Words near sociogenesis in the dictionary

  1. sociofugality
  2. sociofugally
  3. sociofunctional
  4. sociofunctionally
  5. sociogeneses
  6. sociogenesis
  7. sociogenetic
  8. sociogenetically
  9. sociogenetics
  10. sociogenic
  11. sociogenically

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