English Explanatory Dictionary

metasociology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study of sociology itself

Word forms

metasociology

Etymology

From meta- + sociology. The academic journal The Sociology of Religion attributes its origin to Paul Hanly Furfey, who coined it in his 1953 book The Scope and Method of Sociology (xi).

Related words

metasociological
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