sociology

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sociology

/ˌsəʊsiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/ UK
/ˌsəʊʃiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/ UK
/ˌsoʊsiˈɑləd͡ʒi/ US, dialectal
/ˌsoʊʃiˈɑləd͡ʒi/ US, dialectal
/ˌsoʊsiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ Canada, dialectal
/ˌsoʊʃiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ Canada, dialectal
/ˌsəʉsiːˈɔləd͡ʒiː/ Australia
/ˌsəʉʃiːˈɔləd͡ʒiː/ Australia
/ˌsɐʉsiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/ New Zealand
[ˌsɐʉsiːˈɔ̟ləd͡ʒiː] New Zealand
/ˌsɐʉʃiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/ New Zealand
[ˌsɐʉʃiːˈɔ̟ləd͡ʒiː] New Zealand

Where it comes from

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.

noun 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. Maisie says that Danny entered the manosphere through the realm of self-help, which Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a sociology professor at American University who specializes in extremism, says is “a great example of how radicalization works.”
Similar: sociology

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sociological, economics, lovely, sociologie, sociography, demography, ethnology, sociometrics, anthropology, social-science, socioeconomics, psychology, criminology, sociologies, linguistics, sociolinguistics

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noun study of society, human social interactions, etc.

Español	sociología
한국어	사회학 sahoehak
日本語	社会学 shakaigaku
中文	社會學 /社会学 shèhuìxué
हिन्दी	समाजशास्त्र samājśāstra
Kiswahili	sosholojia
Português	sociologia
Français	sociologie
Deutsch	Soziologie, Gesellschaftskunde
Italiano	sociologia
Ελληνικά	κοινωνιολογία koinoniología
Română	sociologie
Русский	социоло́гия sociológija, обществове́дение obščestvovédenije
Tiếng Việt	xã hội học
العربية	عِلْم الْمُجْتَمَع ʕilm al-mujtamaʕ
עברית	סוֹצִיוֹלוֹגִיָה sotsyológya

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@misc{sociology_2026,
  title = {sociology},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sociology},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}