social science
noun
the study of society and social behavior.
social scientist
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a word derived from
social science.
Example Sentences
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As any social scientist will tell you, studies show that most rich people get richer because they hang out together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
A modern market economy like the UK depends on a basic assumption of truthfulness, points out Dr David Hugh-Jones, a social scientist formerly based at the University of East Anglia.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
Juan Declet-Barreto, a senior social scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said that people who want accurate information about how to get assistance can go to government links or reliable local sources.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025
That’s according to an analysis of mixed-race families from the 2012 biennial General Social Survey by Northwestern University law professor and social scientist James Lindgren.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
A social scientist said some twenty years ago that the "greatest nation of the future would be the one which could send the most men to the top of the Matterhorn."
From Keeping Fit All the Way by Walter Camp
