social statics
nounSociology.
the study of social systems as they exist at a given time.
Origin of social statics
1First recorded in 1850–55
- Compare social dynamics.
Words Nearby social statics
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How to use social statics in a sentence
It would have been better had he also studied social statics on the historical method.
History of Modern Philosophy | Alfred William BennBeing a reprint of the suppressed chapter from the original edition of "social statics," now rare and costly.
Anarchism | Paul EltzbacherHerbert Spencer, who had just published social statics, became one of her best friends.
Lives of Girls Who Became Famous | Sarah Knowles BoltonIn his social statics he applied this idea to human life and moral civilisation.
Evolution in Modern Thought | Ernst HaeckelTheir "declaration of rights" might well have been drawn a few years later by a student of Spencer's "social statics."
Martin Van Buren | Edward M. Shepard
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