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
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The award-winning visual artist, composer and musician has flipped white supremacy on its head with works that tackle the legacy of enslavement and its connection to the prison-industrial complex and its connection to today’s sociopolitical climate.
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 3 July 2025
The director was a staunch defender of imprinting Brazil’s diversity — cultural, ethnic and sociopolitical — on screen, and would come to direct 17 features in his career, as well as producing dozens more films, plays and musicals before his passing.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 May 2025
Romania has also been a hotbed of sociopolitical protests.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Amid the broader sociopolitical tensions and rising revolutionary fervor, the Group synthesized the concerns of a vast swathe of artists by interpreting the abstraction of Western modernism through aesthetics drawn from Islamic and Mesopotamian cultures into various styles.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 3 July 2025
The director was a staunch defender of imprinting Brazil’s diversity — cultural, ethnic and sociopolitical — on screen, and would come to direct 17 features in his career, as well as producing dozens more films, plays and musicals before his passing.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 May 2025
Romania has also been a hotbed of sociopolitical protests.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Amid the broader sociopolitical tensions and rising revolutionary fervor, the Group synthesized the concerns of a vast swathe of artists by interpreting the abstraction of Western modernism through aesthetics drawn from Islamic and Mesopotamian cultures into various styles.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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“Sociopolitical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sociopolitical. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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