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social statics

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noun

Sociology.

  1. the study of social systems as they exist at a given time.

Etymology

Origin of social statics

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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The law of consensus or cohesion is the fundamental principle of social statics; the law of the three stages is that of social dynamics.

From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell)

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