sociology
- the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc.
Origin of sociology
Examples from the Web for sociologist
Contemporary Examples of sociologist
I talked with Hilary Levey Friedman, a sociologist and author of Playing to Win: Raising Children in a Competitive Culture.
The sociologist Michael Mann called this process by which wars create larger and more productive societies “caging.”
As the 19th-century German sociologist Max Weber said, what good is the best social policy if the Cossacks are coming?
Perec used to do market research (like his protagonists in Things) and was friendly with the sociologist Henri Lefebvre.
And sociologist Pierre Bourdieu was a scientist who really looked into poverty and inequalities in France.
Historical Examples of sociologist
Campanella was also, as we should say nowadays, a sociologist.
Initiation into PhilosophyEmile Faguet
But if I'm anything I'm a sociologist, and my business is to make experiments.
The Coryston FamilyMrs. Humphry Ward
The first of these is the province of the sociologist; the second that of the eugenist.
The Meaning of EvolutionSamuel Christian Schmucker
These will be the views respectively of the economist and the sociologist.
The DeafHarry Best
History supplies much of the data of the sociologist from the records of the past.
SocietyHenry Kalloch Rowe
sociology
- the study of the development, organization, functioning, and classification of human societies
Word Origin and History for sociologist
sociology
sociology
- The scientific study of human social behavior and its origins, development, organizations, and institutions.
sociology
The systematic study of human society, especially present-day societies. Sociologists study the organization, institutions, and development of societies, with a particular interest in identifying causes of the changing relationships among individuals and groups. (See social science.)