Sociogenic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Caused by society; having a social origin. not-comparable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From socio- + -genic.

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