sociogenic

English

Etymology

From socio- +‎ -genic.

Adjective

sociogenic (not comparable)

1. Caused by society; having a social origin.
   • 2008, Grover Maurice Godwin, Hunting Serial Predators, page 1:

     Motives for serial murder have typically been classified within one of four broad explanatory frameworks. First, there is the sociogenic approach, which assumes criminal behavior develops out of societal processes.

Derived terms

• mass sociogenic illness

Anagrams

• coisogenic