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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

We now passed over the soc to the opposite side, where stand the huts of the guardians. 

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

The last may be read in the Hakluyt Soc. ed., vol. i, pp. 130-3, 153-4, 158-161, 218.

From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Gomes Eannes de Zurara

Soc. in the Last Century of the Western Empire, p.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill

Soc., i. pl. 55-8, 88, 89; Westwood, A.-S. and Ir.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

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

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

Soc. of London,’ July 6, 1868, p. xxvii.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin