# sociopetal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌsəʊ.si.ə(ʊ)ˈpiː.tl̩/

## Definitions
1. Of a place, etc.: involving the arrangement of a group of people so that each person can see and interact with the others.

## Etymology
From socio- (prefix meaning ‘society’) + -petal (suffix meaning ‘travelling towards’), coined by the English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond (1917–2004) in 1957: see the quotation.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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