Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.
- noun Analysis of a social institution or societal segment as a self-contained entity or in relation to society as a whole.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of social phenomena; the science which investigates the laws regulating human society; the science which treats of the general structure of society, the laws of its development, the progress of civilization, and all that relates to society.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The study of
society , humansocial interaction and the rules andprocesses that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups and institutions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the study and classification of human societies
Etymologies
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Examples
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I do not deny that sociology, in the department of purely descriptive anatomy of the social organism, has made great and fruitful new contributions to contemporary science, even developing into some specialized branches of sociology, of which _criminal sociology_, thanks to the labors of the Italian school, has become one of the most important results.
Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) Enrico Ferri 1894
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Richard recently graduated with a bachelor's in sociology from the University of Maryland.
Tom Matlack: An Interview With Marie Tillman Tom Matlack 2010
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The term sociology was coined by [[Auguste Comte]] in 1839.
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The term sociology was coined by [[Auguste Comte]] in 1839.
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There is the well-known "rule of 150" in sociology, which is that it is not possible to know more than about 150 people well enough to have sufficiently strong social ties that no formal rules are required.
The Morality of the Market, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Your sociology is as vicious and worthless as is your method of thinking. '
Chapter 1: My Eagle 2010
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He coined the term sociology and gave it its first content, and he is renowned for having introduced the sociology of gender and emotion into sociology.
AvaxHome RSS: 2009
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That is how I was able to make my claim of mine being #4 in sociology and top ten in history and poly-sci.
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I soon learned that scholarship in sociology was not as easy as I imagined.
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Finally, I recall my oldest daughter's comment that in sociology courses you only learn that "There's poverty and America sucks."
I Heart Kevin Lang, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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