Meaning of sociofact | Babel Free

Definitions

One of the social structures and cultural norms that shape the interactions between individuals in a society.

Examples

“A city police department is an example of a sociofact. Behind the sociofacts, however, are traditional ways of looking at things, belief systems, rules of behavior, and values.”

“For it is recognized on all sides that man’s ingenuity in inventing things—artefacts—is much superior to this ability to dream up new ideas—ideofacts—and particularly ideas about how social life mmight be better organized (sociofacts).”

“We pmphasize that artifacts, mentifacts and sociofacts are cultural traits introduced by biologist Julian Huxley (1887-1975) as the bases for a theory of culture.”

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