Definition of Social scientist

1. Noun. Someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships.

Specialized synonyms: Anthropologist, Economic Expert, Economist, Penologist, Political Scientist, Sociologist
Generic synonyms: Scientist
Derivative terms: Social Science

Definition of Social scientist

1. Noun. A scientist who specializes in a social science such as psychology, economics, or political science. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Scientist

social process
social profile
social profiles
social psychiatry
social psychologies
social psychology
social rank
social recruiting
social reinforcement
social relation
social responsibilities
social responsibility
social safety net
social science
social sciences
social scientist (current term)
social season
social secretary
social security
social security number
social security numbers
social service
social skills
social smoker
social station
social status
social statuses
social stigma
social stigmas
social stratification

Literary usage of Social scientist

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

1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1919)
"The social scientist should be concerned in gathering the facts, in getting the accurate knowledge which the social worker needs for efficiency in his work. ..."

2. The Next Step: A Plan for Economic World Federation by Scott Nearing (1922)
"The social scientist studies society as the natural scientist studies ... The social scientist, like the scientist working in any ..."

3. The Foundations of Social Science: An Analysis of Their Psychological Aspects by James Mickel Williams (1920)
"But the data of the social scientist include those very attitudes and beliefs in connection with which men have the strongest prejudices. ..."

4. Conceptions of Social Inquiry by J. J. Snyman (1993)
"The social scientist as the disinterested observer According to Schutz the social scientist, like the natural scientist, should adopt a neutral position: ..."

5. Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann (1922)
"But the social scientist cannot begin to offer the assurance of a laboratory test, ... But the social scientist is constantly being impaled on a dilemma. ..."

6. The Social Sciences at a Turning Point? by Publi Oecd Published by Oecd Publishing (1999)
"The social scientist has to consider different points of view and horizons. ... The task of the social scientist is to reveal the discourses, ..."

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