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sociologese|ˌsəʊsɪɒləˈdʒiːz, ˌsəʊʃɪɒ-|
[f. sociology + -ese.]
A derogatory term used to describe the style of writing supposedly typical of sociologists; a style which is over-complicated or jargonistic and abstruse. Also attrib.
1963Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Mar. 211/1 They are written..not in Sociologese. 1965E. Gowers Fowler's Mod. Eng. Usage (ed. 2) 570/1 Sociologese, like Commercialese and Officialese, deserves an article to itself. 1969R. Blackburn in Cockburn & Blackburn Student Power 184 The notion of structural contradiction emerges in Sociologese as ‘lack of fit’ between, for example, the economy and the ‘core institutional framework’. 1973Times 8 Nov. 16/3 His first chapter or two is marred by heavy sociologese. 1977New Statesman 1 July 16/3 So, it's ‘thwokk’, is it? What a pity..for Mick Shepherd..that he was unable to find a better acoustic whizz-word than this in his dictionary of fifth-rate sociologese clichés. 1982Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Mar. 356/5 The Culture of Consent contains, perhaps, too much sociologese for some tastes. |