socioeconomic
adjective
so·cio·eco·nom·ic
ˌsō-sē-ō-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-mik 
-ˌē-kə-,
ˌsō-shē-
variants
or socio-economic
: of, relating to, or involving a combination of social and economic factors
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Their socioeconomic backgrounds are very different.
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And researchers also need to better explore the impact of socioeconomic factors, too.
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Matta-Clark may have felt some sense of communion with the taggers, whose rebellion against modern architecture and authority came out of the socioeconomic exclusion that defined their urban lives.
—Antonio Sergio Bessa, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025
Over the past 200 years, the Erie Canal has both shaped, and been shaped by, ecological forces and changing socioeconomic priorities.
—Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Most controversially, Herrnstein and Murray entertain the possibility that socioeconomic and educational differences among racial groups could be explained by differences in their IQ scores, and that these differences are at least partially attributable to genetic differences among the groups.
—Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Matta-Clark may have felt some sense of communion with the taggers, whose rebellion against modern architecture and authority came out of the socioeconomic exclusion that defined their urban lives.
—Antonio Sergio Bessa, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025
Over the past 200 years, the Erie Canal has both shaped, and been shaped by, ecological forces and changing socioeconomic priorities.
—Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Most controversially, Herrnstein and Murray entertain the possibility that socioeconomic and educational differences among racial groups could be explained by differences in their IQ scores, and that these differences are at least partially attributable to genetic differences among the groups.
—Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for socioeconomic
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“Socioeconomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socioeconomic. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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