sociopolitical

adjective

so·​cio·​po·​lit·​i·​cal ˌsō-sē-ō-pə-ˈli-ti-kəl 

ˌsō-shē-

: of, relating to, or involving a combination of social and political factors

Examples of sociopolitical in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her multi-layered, gestural works examine sociopolitical influences on urban communities, drawing on her own experiences living in Ethiopia, Senegal, Germany and the U.S. —Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025

Raymond Saunders, whose coruscant mixed-media assemblages drew from a variety of movements but stood apart from all of them with their burning sociopolitical undertones, died of pneumonia on July 19 in Oakland, California. —News Desk, Artforum, 30 July 2025

Of greater importance, Waldorf Astoria’s package encourages travel to a region that, despite having parts of it impacted this year by both natural disasters and sociopolitical unrest, has not lost its luster. —Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 24 July 2025

So too does the motive of one person radiate outward, rippling in a space of sociopolitical relevance. —Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sociopolitical

• geopolitical
• analytical
• apolitical
• diacritical
• hypercritical
• hypocritical
• nonpolitical
• parasitical
• supercritical
• critical
• levitical
• noncritical