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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

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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

It is fired every night in the soc at half-past eight, and it is the signal for suspending all business, and shutting up. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow

Soc. de France,' Dec. 27th, 1861, tom. viii. p.

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

“Bulletin de la Soc. d'Anthropologie,” Paris, April 1893.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston

It was first printed in 1842 by Benjamin Thorpe for the Soc. of Antiq.,

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

Soc.; but I find, on inquiry, that they unfortunately died the following winter.

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

Soc. of London for the Year 1873, p. xvi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

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