sociology
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
Previous mentions of the field in English usually referred to it as social physics.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sociology (plural sociologies)
- 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.
MeronymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:sociology
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
study of society, human social interactions, etc.
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ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- "sociology" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 295.