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  soc

  noun

  sociology or a class or course in sociology.
• Soc.
  Soc.

  abbreviation

  socialist.

soc

¹ American  

[sohs, sohsh] / soʊs, soʊʃ /

noun

Informal.

1. sociology or a class or course in sociology.

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Soc. ² American  

abbreviation

1. socialist.

2. (often lowercase) society.

3. sociology.

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Soc. British  

abbreviation

1. socialist

2. society

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Etymology

Origin of soc

By shortening

Example Sentences

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soc Soc.

It appears that these inventive students took "soc" from the middle of the word "association" and added "-er," producing "soccer".

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

“We probably don’t want the fed soc paying for it, but he might know some generous donor.”

From Washington Post ● May 21, 2019

On the other hand, socializing board /soc/ has a rule conspicuously absent from the other boards: “Do not stalk or harass any users.”

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2014

From 1992-94, he was president of UCL film soc and I was secretary.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2011

The formation of such lordships dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period, when jurisdiction of sac and soc was frequently given in the case of a group of estates lying close together.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

Soc. from 1885 onwards; and Mr C. A. Schunck’s paper in Proc.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

Hodgson, in 'Journal of Asiatic Soc. of Bengal,' vol. xvi.,

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Charles Darwin

See the documents, including the letter of Beza referred to above, published together with my inquiries, in the Bulletin de la Soc. du prot. fr., xxiv.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird

Soc. of Sciences, of Denmark, and in some other collections.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache

For an elementary introduction to the study of fungus diseases, see Marshall Ward, Diseases of Plants, Soc. for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London.

From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward