sociology

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.

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

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soci·o·logic (--ljk), soci·o·logi·cal (--kl) adj.

soci·o·logi·cal·ly adv.

soci·olo·gist n.

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sociology [ˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒɪ]

n

(Sociology) the study of the development, organization, functioning, and classification of human societies

sociological  [ˌsəʊsɪəˈlɒdʒɪk^əl] adj

sociologically  adv

sociologist  n

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sociology  (ss-l-j)

The scientific study of human social behavior and its origins, development, organizations, and institutions.

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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

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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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sociology - 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] N → sociología f

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sociology [ˌsəʊsiˈɒlədʒi] n → sociologie f

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sociology

n → Soziologie f

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sociology [ˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒɪ] n → sociologia

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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