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Grammar : Noun
Spell : soh-see-ol-uh-jee, soh-shee-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsoʊ siˈɒl ə dʒi, ˌsoʊ ʃi-

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Définition of sociology

Origin :
  • the science of social phenomena, 1843, from French sociologie, a hybrid coined 1830 by French philosopher Isidore Auguste Comte (1798-1857), from Latin socius "associate" (see social (adj.)) + Greek-derived suffix -logie (see -logy).
  • As in behavioral science : noun social psychology
  • As in social engineering : noun applied social science
  • As in social studies : noun school subject about society
  • As in anthropology : noun study of humans and their culture
Example sentences :
  • He was a man of science, a student of and writer on sociology and biology.
  • Extract from : « Chinese Painters » by Raphael Petrucci
  • This autobiography is a powerful book of love and sociology.
  • Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
  • The author is a student of sociology and knows much about West Africa.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
  • I thought of it first that day we had a lecture on monopolies in sociology.
  • Extract from : « Betty Wales Senior » by Margaret Warde
  • If he had little psychology he had not even a conception of 'sociology.'
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
  • Seven of them offer these courses under their departments of sociology.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 » by Various
  • No rule in Arithmetic is plainer than this law of Sociology, and Nationalism is its expression.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • In the studies in sociology there is now a strong current toward Socialism.
  • Extract from : « Usury » by Calvin Elliott
  • Sociology seeks out the laws and principles that unify all the rest.
  • Extract from : « Society » by Henry Kalloch Rowe
  • If sociology is to have its rightful place in the world it must become a science for the people.
  • Extract from : « Society » by Henry Kalloch Rowe

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