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Meaning of SOCIOLOGY

Pronunciation:  `sowsee'âlujee

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  the study and classification of human societies
 

SOCIOLOGY is a 9 letter word that starts with S.

 

 See Also: criminology, demography, human ecology, psephology, social science, sociometry, structural sociology, structuralism

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\So`ci*ol"o*gy\, n. [L. socius a companion + -logy.]
That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution,
phenomena, and development of human society; social science.
--H. Spencer.

 

 

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