sociology

noun/ˌsoʊsiˈɑlədʒi/

Frequency rank: #5,511 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

the scientific study of human society, social behavior, and social institutions.

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Example sentence

She decided to study sociology because she wanted to understand how societies function.

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