"culturomics" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: culture + -omics (“study of the totality”); first described in a 2010 Science article by Harvard researchers Jean-Baptiste Michel and Erez Lieberman Aiden. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|culture|omics|gloss2=study of the totality}} culture + -omics (“study of the totality”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} culturomics (uncountable)
  1. A form of computational lexicology that studies human behavior and cultural trends through the quantitative analysis of digitized texts. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-culturomics-en-noun-pEKqEVZ- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -omics Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -omics: 67 33
  2. (biology) The study of culturomes Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-culturomics-en-noun-KqRwAIel Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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