sociofugal

== English == === Etymology === From socio- (prefix meaning ‘society’) +‎ -fugal (suffix meaning ‘travelling out from’), coined by the English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond (1917–2004) in 1957: see the quotation. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsəʊ.si.ə(ʊ)ˈfjuː.ɡl̩/, /-ʃi-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsoʊ.si.o(ʊ)ˈfju.ɡ(ə)l/, /-ʃi-/ Rhymes: -uːɡəl Hyphenation: soc‧i‧o‧fug‧al === Adjective === sociofugal (comparative more sociofugal, superlative most sociofugal) (psychology, sociology) Of a place, etc.: involving the arrangement of a group of people so that each person can maintain some privacy from the others. [from 1957] Antonym: sociopetal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === socio-architecture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia