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  • noun The jargon used by sociologists.

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sociology +‎ -ese

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Examples

  • But at least their sentences aren't dipped in sociologese, so they're never *boring*.

    The Wimp Factor Doctor Science 2007

  • But at least their sentences aren't dipped in sociologese, so they're never *boring*.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Doctor Science 2007

  • 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.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 4 1981

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