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sociologize

American  
[soh-see-ol-uh-jahyz, soh-shee-] / ˌsoʊ siˈɒl əˌdʒaɪz, ˌsoʊ ʃi- /
especially British, sociologise

verb (used with or without object)

sociologized, sociologizing
  1. to explain, study, or interpret in sociological or social terms.


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Etymology

Origin of sociologize

First recorded in 1880–85; sociolog(y) + -ize

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Yet somehow it is all too heavy with easy sociologizing to be truly moving.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such sociologizing books and articles have nothing to do with literature.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were meetings and counter-meetings; agitators, panaceas, university lecturers, sociologizing preachers, philanthropists, politicians—discontent and discord.

From The Web of Life by Robert Herrick

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