sociology

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/ˌsəʊsiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/
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/ˌsəʊsiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/ · /ˌsəʊʃiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/ · /ˌsoʊsiˈɑləd͡ʒi/ · /ˌsoʊʃiˈɑləd͡ʒi/ · /ˌsoʊsiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ · /ˌsoʊʃiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ · /ˌsəʉsiːˈɔləd͡ʒiː/ · /ˌsəʉʃiːˈɔləd͡ʒiː/ · /ˌsɐʉsiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/ · [ˌsɐʉsiːˈɔ̟ləd͡ʒiː] · /ˌsɐʉʃiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/ · [ˌsɐʉʃiːˈɔ̟ləd͡ʒiː]

Definition of sociology

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis.
    “Maisie says that Danny entered the manosphere through the realm of self-help, which Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a sociology professor at American University who specializes in extremism, says is “a great example of how radicalization works.””

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Etymology

From French sociologie, coined by Auguste Comte in 1834, itself a combination of Latin socius (“companion, fellowship”) and the Greek suffix Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía), itself from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word, knowledge”), from socio- + -logy. Previous mentions of the field in English usually referred to it as social physics.

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