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- noun The
jargon used bysociologists .
Etymologies
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sociology + -ese
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Examples
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But at least their sentences aren't dipped in sociologese, so they're never *boring*.
The Wimp Factor Doctor Science 2007
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But at least their sentences aren't dipped in sociologese, so they're never *boring*.
Archive 2007-02-01 Doctor Science 2007
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To those concerned about language in contemporary society, jargon has understandably become a repulsive term signifying a cloudy, pretentious insider's language subdivided into ugly types such as psychobabble, educationese, sociologese, and bureaucratese.
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