social science

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.

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Noun

social scientist - someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships

anthropologist - a social scientist who specializes in anthropology

economic expert, economist - an expert in the science of economics

penologist - a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management

political scientist - a social scientist specializing in the study of government

scientist - a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences

sociologist - a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society

Translations

social scientist

n → specialista m/f in scienze sociali, sociologo/a

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