sociology

Noun
  1. The study and classification of human societies (synset 106161163)
    associated with: mores - (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group
    is a type of: social science - the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society
    subtypes:
    • criminology - the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
    • demography, human ecology - the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
    • psephology - the branch of sociology that studies election trends (as by opinion polls)
    • sociometry - the quantitative study of social relationships
    has: structural sociology, structuralism - a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals

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