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exosystem

exosystem

n. in ecological systems theory, those societal structures that function largely independently of the individual but nevertheless affect the immediate context within which he or she develops. They include the government, the legal system, and the media. Compare chronosystem; macrosystem; mesosystem. [introduced by Urie Bronfenbrenner]

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