English Explanatory Dictionary

sociology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis.

Pronunciation

sō-shē-ŏl′-əjē /ˌsəʊsiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/ /ˌsəʊʃiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sociology.wav /ˌsoʊsiˈɑləd͡ʒi/ /ˌsoʊʃiˈɑləd͡ʒi/ /ˌsoʊsiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ /ˌsoʊʃiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ /ˌsəʉsiːˈɔləd͡ʒiː/ /ˌsəʉʃiːˈɔləd͡ʒiː/ /ˌsɐʉsiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/ [ˌsɐʉsiːˈɔ̟ləd͡ʒiː] /ˌsɐʉʃiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/ [ˌsɐʉʃiːˈɔ̟ləd͡ʒiː]

Word forms

sociology sociologies

Etymology

From French sociologie, coined by Auguste Comte in 1834, itself a combination of Latin socius (“companion, fellowship”) and the Greek suffix Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía), itself from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word, knowledge”), from socio- + -logy. Previous mentions of the field in English usually referred to it as social physics.

Synonyms

sociology

Related words

anthropology psychology macroanalysis mesoanalysis microanalysis society :Category:Sociology

Derived words

anthroposociology biosociology cow sociology cybersociology ethnosociology formal sociology historical sociology macrosociology mathematical sociology metasociology microsociology neurosociology nonsociology phytosociology pseudosociology psychosociology sociologese sociologist sociologistic sociologize socionomy xenosociology zoosociology
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