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sohs-ee-OL-uh-jee/ˌsəʊsiˈɒlədʒi/

Sociology is the academic study of society and how groups are organised: a sociology degree, the sociology of work. Society is the object of study; social is the everyday adjective; anthropology neighbours it (culture, kinship). A sociologist is the person. Do not file a module title as an ethics approval.

Meaning

The academic study of society, social groups, and how they are organised.

Examples

• “A sociology module is not a substitute for a completed ethics form on the same corridor.”
• “Society is everyday as the thing studied. Social science is the wider umbrella. Psychology looks at the mind. A reading list is not a consent trail. Complete the form; then theorise the corridor.”

Good to know

The academic study of society. Wider: social science. Neighbour: anthropology. A module title is not an ethics filing.

Near in meaning

society

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