Social+science

  • 21social science — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sociology, study of people and social phenomena, study of human society, a science dealing with a certain phase or aspect of human society, science, social studies; see also anthropology , economics , geography , history 2 ,… …

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  • 22social science — noun the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society (Freq. 3) • Derivationally related forms: ↑social scientist • Hypernyms: ↑science, ↑scientific discipline • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 23social science — noun Date: 1772 1. a branch of science that deals with the institutions and functioning of human society and with the interpersonal relationships of individuals as members of society 2. a science (as economics or political science) dealing with a …

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  • 24social science — noun A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in it, including anthropology, communication studies, criminology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology …

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  • 25social science — Synonyms and related words: academic discipline, academic specialty, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, applied science, area, arena, art, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, carriage …

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  • 26social science — noun 1 (U) the study of people in society, which includes history, politics, economics, sociology and anthropology 2 (C) one of these subjects compare natural science social scientist noun (C) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27social science — noun the scientific study of human society and social relationships. ↘a subject within this field, such as economics or politics. Derivatives social scientist noun …

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  • 28social science — so′cial sci′ence n. 1) soc the study of society and social behavior 2) soc a field of study, as history or economics, dealing with an aspect of society or forms of social activity • Etymology: 1775–85 so′cial sci′entist, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29ˌsocial ˈscience — noun [C/U] the study of the way that people live in society, or one of the separate subjects that deal with the way that societies are organized ˌsocial ˈscientist noun [C] …

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  • 30Gravity (social science methodology) — Social science results are often subjected to meta analysis, which is a statistical procedure that combines the results of studies to produce an overall estimate of the effect size. The effect size is usually expressed as an odds ratio or a… …

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