English Explanatory Dictionary

sociopetal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a place, etc.: involving the arrangement of a group of people so that each person can see and interact with the others.

Pronunciation

/ˌsəʊ.si.ə(ʊ)ˈpiː.tl̩/ /-ʃi-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sociopetal.wav /ˌsoʊ.si.o(ʊ)ˈpit(ə)l/ [-ɾ(ə)l] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-sociopetal.wav

Word forms

sociopetal more sociopetal most sociopetal

Etymology

From socio- (prefix meaning ‘society’) + -petal (suffix meaning ‘travelling towards’), coined by the English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond (1917–2004) in 1957: see the quotation.

Antonyms

sociofugal

Related words

open-plan

Derived words

sociopetality sociopetally
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