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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

This, my companion informed me, was the soc, or market-place. 

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

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

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

Dean of Exeter, and Pres. of the Soc. of Antiquaries.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by William Dunn Macray

Imperial Lib. of St. Petersburg, communicated to the Bulletin de la Soc. de l'hist. du prot. fr., xxii.

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

Soc. of Canada, quoted in the 'Reader,' 1863.

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

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