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sociology

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so·ci·ol·o·gy  (ss-l-j, -sh-)
n.
1. The study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.
2. Analysis of a social institution or societal segment as a self-contained entity or in relation to society as a whole.

[French sociologie : socio-, socio- + -logie, study (from Greek -logi; see -logy).]

soci·o·logic (--ljk), soci·o·logi·cal (--kl) adj.
soci·o·logi·cal·ly adv.
soci·olo·gist n.

sociology [ˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒɪ]
n
(Sociology) the study of the development, organization, functioning, and classification of human societies
sociological  [ˌsəʊsɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl] adj
sociologically  adv
sociologist  n

sociology  (ss-l-j)
The scientific study of human social behavior and its origins, development, organizations, and institutions.

sociology
1. the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society.
2. the science of fundamental laws of social behavior, relations, institutions, etc. — sociologist, n. — sociological, adj.
See also: Mankind
1. the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society.
2. the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc. — sociologist, n. — sociologie, sociological, adj.
See also: Society
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sociology - the study and classification of human societiessociology - the study and classification of human societies
mores - (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group
social science - the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society
criminology - the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
demography, human ecology - the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
psephology - the branch of sociology that studies election trends (as by opinion polls)
sociometry - the quantitative study of social relationships
structural sociology, structuralism - a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals
Translations
sociology [ˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒɪ] Nsociología f

sociology [ˌsəʊsiˈɒlədʒi] nsociologie f

sociology
nSoziologie f

sociology [ˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒɪ] nsociologia

sociology علم الاجتماع sociologie sociologi Soziologie κοινωνιολογία sociología sosiologia sociologie sociologija sociologia 社会学 사회학 sociologie sosiologi socjologia sociologia социология sociologi สังคมวิทยา toplumbilim xã hội học 社会学


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But he had never connected these scientific deductions as to the origin of man as an animal, as to reflex action, biology, and sociology, with those questions as to the meaning of life and death to himself, which had of late been more and more often in his mind.
Perhaps it would be as well to start out with a broad and rapid sketch of Nietzsche as a writer on Morals, Evolution, and Sociology, so that the reader may be prepared to pick out for himself, so to speak, all passages in this work bearing in any way upon Nietzsche's views in those three important branches of knowledge.
Freddie Drummond was a professor in the Sociology Department of the University of California, and it was as a professor of sociology that he first crossed over the Slot, lived for six mouths in the great labour-ghetto, and wrote The Unskilled Labourer--a book that was hailed everywhere as an able contribution to the literature of progress, and as a splendid reply to the literature of discontent.
 
 
 
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