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social science en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in it.
    • During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas from history and social science to the more abstract domains of ethical and political philosophy)[…] 1999, Nicholas Walker, “The Reorientation of Critical Theory: Habermas”, in Simon Glemdinning, editor, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 489:

Forms

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social sciences Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

natural science · formal science

Deriveds

social scientist

Holonyms

science

Hyponyms

political science · economics · anthropology · psychology · geography · history · criminology · social studies · communication studies · sociology

Meronyms

economics · anthropology · history · communication studies · sociology · psychology · geography · political science · social studies · criminology

Relateds

soft science · pure science · hard science · applied science · humanities

Synonyms

social science

Translations (34)

es ciencias sociales (branch of science) · de Sozialwissenschaft (branch of science) · tl aglipunan (branch of science) · tr sosyal bilim (branch of science) · ro științe sociale (branch of science) · ka სოციალური მეცნიერება (branch of science) · sv samhällsvetenskap (branch of science) · sl družboslovje (branch of science) · tl agham panlipunan (branch of science) · fr science sociale (branch of science) · ka საზოგადოებათმცოდნეობა (branch of science) · cmn 社會科學 /社会科学 (branch of science) · vi khoa học xã hội (branch of science) · tr toplumsal bilim (branch of science) · id ilmu pengetahuan sosial (branch of science) · el κοινωνική επιστήμη (branch of science) · nl sociale wetenschap (branch of science) · pl nauka społeczna (branch of science) · fi yhteiskuntatiede (branch of science) · tl aghamlipunan (branch of science) · ko 사회과학 (branch of science) · fa علم الاجتماع (branch of science) · ru обществозна́ние (branch of science) · id ilmu sosial (branch of science) · ms sains sosial (branch of science) · lv sabiedriskā zinātne (branch of science) · ka საზოგადოებრივი მეცნიერება (branch of science) · ja 社会科学 (branch of science) · ta சமூக அறிவியல் (branch of science) · th สังคมศาสตร์ (branch of science) · ca ciències socials (branch of science) · tl ulnayan (branch of science) · ar علم اجتماعي (branch of science) · cs společenská věda (branch of science)

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