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sociofugal

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Sociofugal (adj) means Describes a space arranged so that each person in a group can keep some distance and privacy from the others.

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Describes a space arranged so that each person in a group can keep some distance and privacy from the others.
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Etymology

Formed from socio- (a prefix meaning ‘society’) and -fugal (a suffix meaning ‘travelling out from’). It was coined by the English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond (1917–2004) in 1957: see the quotation.

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What is the meaning of sociofugal?
"sociofugal" (adj) means describes a space arranged so that each person in a group can keep some distance and privacy from the others.
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