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xenosociology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /zɛnəˌsəʊʃiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/

Etymology

From xeno- + sociology.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The study of alien sociology.
    • The almostvirgin xeno- prefix should be used to designate extraterrestrial entities [...], concepts and subdisciplines (for example, xeno-biology, xenosociology), and exo- reserved for life outside of but native to Earth. 2007, Jeff Prucher, Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction: