"social science" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge
subtypes:
- civics - the social science of municipal affairs
- anthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
- government, political science, politics - the study of government of states and other political units
- domestic science, home ec, home economics, household arts - theory and practice of homemaking
- economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
- proxemics - the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations
- sociology - the study and classification of human societies