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culturomics

[ kuhl-chuh-roh-miks, ‐-rom-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. the study of human culture and cultural trends over time by means of quantitative analysis of words and phrases in a very large corpus of digitized texts:

    Culturomics can pinpoint periods of accelerated language change.



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Other Words From

  • cultu·romic adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of culturomics1

2010; cultur(e) + -omics , as in genomics

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