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sociology (iou)



sociology noun. M19.
[French sociologie, formed as SOCIO-: see -LOGY.]
The branch of knowledge that deals with the development, structure, and collective behaviour and interaction of human society. M19.
L. F. Ward Man, whose associative habits form the..subject of sociology.
b. The application of sociological concepts and analysis to other disciplines or fields. E20.
English World-Wide The sociology of language..uses linguistic information as a means of describing social phenomena.
With specifying word(s): the study of plant or animal communities. Cf. PHYTOSOCIOLOGY. M20.
N. Polunin Plant sociology, where considerations of life-forms may help in the description of the structure of the communities.
socio'logic adjective = sociological M19.
socio'logical adjective of or pertaining to sociology; concerned or connected with the organization, functioning, or study of society: M19.
socio'logically adverb L19.
sociologist noun an expert in or student of sociology M19.
sociologize verb (a) verb intrans. make a study of social questions; (b) verb trans. make sociological in character; study from a sociological standpoint: L19.