Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prosocial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables: proso-cial
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Beneficial to all parties and consistent with community laws and mores.

adj

Contributing to a beneficial outcome by negotiation, problem solving, problem analysis, clarification, or respectful behaviors.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pro- Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social English prosocial From pro- + social.

Inflected Forms

more prosocial (comparative) most prosocial (superlative) pro-social (alternative)

Derived Forms

prosocially prosociality prosocialize

Antonyms

antisocial nonprosocial

Questions

What does prosocial mean?: Beneficial to all parties and consistent with community laws and mores.
Where does prosocial come from?: Etymology tree English pro- Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social English prosocial From pro- + social.

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