of, pertaining to, or signifying the combination or interaction of religious and social factors
Word origin
[1885–90; socio- + religious]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, reactor, toner, twofer, zoomsocio- is a combining form used, with the meanings “social,” “sociological,” or “society,”in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix socio- include: sociocentric, socioeconomic, sociogram, sociolinguistics, sociopath