| 释义 |
su·per·organic
I. \|süpə(r)+\ adjective
Etymology: super- + organic
: of or relating to the sociocultural organization of a society including its language, arts, technology, and ethical and religious convictions conceived as a separate class, level, or order possessing independent properties of continuity, transmission, and capacity for change not necessarily derived from, or influenced by, organic or psychological factors
< culture is superorganic and superindividual — A.L.Kroeber >
II. noun
: the superorganic order of existence : the complex of superorganic phenomena — used with the
< material culture … is changing most rapidly and forcing the other parts of the superorganic, such as family life and religion, to make adjustments to it — W.F.Ogburn & M.F.Nimkoff > |