sociology

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Mills was the self-designated survivor of a tradition of large historical and social criticism in American sociology that had largely disappeared by the time he apprenticed himself to it.

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  1. noun The study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.
  2. noun Analysis of a social institution or societal segment as a self-contained entity or in relation to society as a whole.

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  • The Times calls the million dollar award "the prize that Alfred Nobel forgot … specifically intended for areas that the Nobel Prizes do not cover like history, political science, sociology, and philosophy." —  The Chicago Blog
  • These days the dismal science even finds support from politics, sociology, and demographics - not to mention the three laws of thermodynamics, which have been translated colloquially as You can't win, You can't even break even, and Things will get worse before they get better. —  Knox
  • These are all important questions, with answers that can be located in structural explanations of economics, sociology, and history, all of which present pieces of the complicated denouement that has led Pakistan and the Taliban to this juncture.
  • The latter is a natural fact, and in sociology, that is This willful ignorance of nature seems to be slowly crumbling. —  South Dakota Politics
  • The engaging style and insightful contributions will appeal to academics and students of economics and sociology, as well as anyone interested in gender. —  AvaxHome RSS:
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  1. French sociologie : socio-, socio- + -logie, study (from Greek -logiā; see -logy).

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  1. from Latin socius, a companion, + Greek -λογία, from λέγειν, speak: see -ology.
 

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/soʊʃɪˈɑlədʒi/
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