supersocial

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ social

Adjective[edit]

supersocial (comparative more supersocial, superlative most supersocial)

  1. Beyond the individual society.
    • 2021, Michael Ruse, Philosophy after Darwin: Classic and Contemporary Readings, page 135:
      The extrasocial, the supersocial, struggle which guides the external development of so- cieties, nations, and races, is war.
  2. Highly social; supersociable.
    • 2023, Chris Frith, Uta Frith, What Makes Us Social?, page 60:
      People, [sic] who rate themselves as having a higher degree of empathy are better at detecting authentic emotion. These possibly supersocial people also report greater emotional contagion, and they are more likely to join in laughter.