SUPERORGANIC


Meaning of SUPERORGANIC in English

I. |süpə(r)+ adjective

Etymology: super- + organic

: of or relating to the sociocultural organization of a society including its language, arts, technology, and ethical and religious convictions conceived as a separate class, level, or order possessing independent properties of continuity, transmission, and capacity for change not necessarily derived from, or influenced by, organic or psychological factors

culture is superorganic and superindividual — A.L.Kroeber

II. noun

: the superorganic order of existence : the complex of superorganic phenomena — used with the

material culture … is changing most rapidly and forcing the other parts of the superorganic , such as family life and religion, to make adjustments to it — W.F.Ogburn & M.F.Nimkoff

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