| 1. | the study of society and social behavior. |
| 2. | a science or field of study, as history, economics, etc., dealing with an aspect of society or forms of social activity. |

| social science n.
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The study of how groups of people behave, often in an effort to predict how they will behave in the future. The social sciences include economics, anthropology, sociology, political science, and aspects of psychology and history.