sociology

Meaning

A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis.

Synonyms

politics

social aspects

social science

social studies

social sciences

Translations

Soziologie

sociologie

sociología

sociologia

sociologia

κοινωνιολογία

sociologia

sociologie

maatschappijleer

sosyoloji

علم الاجتما

civaknasî

علم الإجتماع

عِلْم اَلْمُجْتَمَع

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌsəʊsiːˈɒlədʒiː/

Etymology

From French sociologie, coined by Auguste Comte in 1834, itself a combination of Latin socius (“companion, fellowship”) and the Greek suffix Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía), itself from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word, knowledge”), from socio- + -logy.
Previous mentions of the field in English usually referred to it as social physics.