sociopetal

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsəʊ.si.ə(ʊ)ˈpiː.tl̩/, /-ʃi-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsoʊ.si.o(ʊ)ˈpit(ə)l/, /-ʃi-/, [-ɾ(ə)l] Rhymes: -iːtəl Hyphenation: soc‧i‧o‧pet‧al === Adjective === sociopetal (comparative more sociopetal, superlative most sociopetal) (psychology, sociology) Of a place, etc.: involving the arrangement of a group of people so that each person can see and interact with the others. [from 1957] Antonym: sociofugal ==== Derived terms ==== sociopetality sociopetally ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === socio-architecture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia