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Definition of Social science

1. Noun. The branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society.

Definition of Social science

1. Noun. A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in it, including anthropology, communication studies, criminology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and sociology. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Science

Literary usage of Social science

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"social science. WHY indeed should not science be social i There are social enjoyments and entertainments of all kinds ; social evils, social clubs, ..."

2. Papers and Proceedings by American Sociological Society Meeting, American Sociological Association (1910)
"A small body, the Boston social science Association, had preceded us by a few months in the use of the European name which we adopted, and of that Boston ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The task of social science in general, or the co-operation of these techniques, ... The sociological technique is that variant among the social science ..."

4. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Applications of the doctrine of attitudes to social science. What is shown by these few examples is of the greatest importance for the social sciences. ..."

5. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Applications of the doctrine of attitudes to social science. What is shown by these few examples is of the greatest importance for the social sciences. ..."

6. Social Process by Charles Horton Cooley (1918)
"CHAPTER XXXIII social science DRAMATIC CHARACTER OF THE SCIENCES OP LIFE—SPECIAL CHARACTER OF ... How shall we apply this idea to social science? ..."

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