social science

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The study of human society and of individual relationships in and to society.
• noun A scholarly or scientific discipline that deals with such study, generally regarded as including sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, political science, and history.

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• noun A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in it, including anthropology, communication studies, criminology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and sociology.

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• noun the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society