| social science n. 1. The study of human society and of individual relationships in and to society. 2. A scholarly or scientific discipline that deals with such study, generally regarded as including sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, political science, and history. social scientist n. |
social science
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1. (Sociology) the study of society and of the relationship of individual members within society, including economics, history, political science, psychology, anthropology, and sociology
2. (Sociology) any of these subjects studied individually
social scientist n
social science (s  sh l) Any of various disciplines that study human society and social relationships, including sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, political science, and history. |
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| Noun | 1. |  social science - the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a societyscience, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics" civics - the social science of municipal affairs anthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings political science, politics, government - the study of government of states and other political units economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management proxemics - the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations sociology - the study and classification of human societies |
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