culturomics

[ kuhl-chuh-roh-miks ]
/ ˌkʌl tʃəˈroʊ mɪks /

noun (used with a singular verb)

the study of human culture and cultural trends over time by means of quantitative analysis of words and phrases in a very large corpus of digitized texts: Culturomics can pinpoint periods of accelerated language change.

Origin of culturomics

2010; cultur(e) + -omics, as in genomics

OTHER WORDS FROM culturomics

cul·tu·ro·mic, adjective