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supersocial en · ADJ

Etymology

From super- + social.

Meanings

  1. Beyond the individual society.
    • The extrasocial, the supersocial, struggle which guides the external development of so- cieties, nations, and races, is war. 2021, Michael Ruse, Philosophy after Darwin: Classic and Contemporary Readings, page 135:
  2. Highly social; supersociable.
    • People, ^([sic]) who rate themselves as having a higher degree of empathy are better at detecting authentic emotion. These possibly supersocial people also report greater emotional contagion, and they are more likely to join in laughter. 2023, Chris Frith, Uta Frith, What Makes Us Social?, page 60:

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