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sociological

[ soh-see-uh-loj-i-kuhl, soh-shee- ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of sociology and its methodology.
  2. dealing with social questions or problems, especially focusing on cultural and environmental factors rather than on psychological or personal characteristics:

    a sociological approach to art.

  3. organized into a society; social.


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Other Words From

  • so·ci·o·log·i·cal·ly adverb
  • non·so·ci·o·log·i·cal adjective
  • un·so·ci·o·log·i·cal adjective
  • un·so·ci·o·log·i·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sociological1

First recorded in 1835–45; sociolog(y) + -ic + -al 1

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Example Sentences

That is a distinction with a sociological difference—for many, an uncomfortable one to consider.

The sociological phenomenon at play here exhibits all the historical tendencies of “scapegoating.”

This may account for the sociological undercurrent of his work.

But when she takes on the rock scene, she manages to catch all the sociological dissonance and subtle countermelodies.

But neither is it a rigorous sociological study or a polemic or a jeremiad.

It would be superfluous to insist here upon the great and constant utility of this branch of sociological speculation.

Second: Certain domestic applications of the physical and sociological sciences.

First of all by the enforcement of a sociological system in distinct opposition to, and in defiance of all ethnic conditions.

Islam attempts nothing unnatural of this kind—nothing that is opposed to ethnic conditions and sociological usages.

As a final hypothesis, we may mention one which may perhaps be described as specifically sociological.

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