social sciencen.

Brit.

/ˌsəʊʃl ˈsʌɪəns/, U.S.

/ˌsoʊʃəl ˈsaɪəns/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: social adj., science n.

Etymology: < social adj. + science n.

The study of human society and social relationships; a subject within this field, as economics, politics, sociology, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > study of society > [noun]

social sciencea1770

sociology1842

social studies1853

humanics1860

societology1883

human ecology1907

macrosociology1941

a1770 M. Akenside Poems (1772) 309 England spurns her Gothic chain, And equal laws and social science reign.

1785 ‘R. Heron’ Lett. Lit. xl. 331 Social Science he next considers, with great wisdom, under the heads of Conversation, and of Business.

1829 J. S. Mill Let. 8 Oct. in Wks. (1963) XII. 36 In mathematics there is no danger of partial views:..but in politics & the social science this is..far from being the case.

1846 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. IV. 249 The conception of a social science is due to M. Comte.

1849 Southern Literary Messenger 15 77/2 On the Importance of the Social Sciences in the present day.

1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. vi. 239 Our linguistic researches will be bounded by the limits of social science and social archæology.

1949 M. Mead Male & Female 435 The relationship between our social-science skills and our world.

1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising i. 3 Linguistics..has so far been the least influential of the major social sciences.

1969 Times 7 Jan. 8/6 Students reading social science were more sceptical than either the arts students or the scientists.

2001 P. Dasgupta Human Well-being & Nat. Environment v. 73 Intellectual fashions in the social sciences swing far too fast for comfort or safety.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	social science
释义	social sciencen. Brit. /ˌsəʊʃl ˈsʌɪəns/, U.S. /ˌsoʊʃəl ˈsaɪəns/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: social adj., science n. Etymology: < social adj. + science n. The study of human society and social relationships; a subject within this field, as economics, politics, sociology, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > study of society > [noun] social sciencea1770 sociology1842 social studies1853 humanics1860 societology1883 human ecology1907 macrosociology1941 a1770 M. Akenside Poems (1772) 309 England spurns her Gothic chain, And equal laws and social science reign. 1785 ‘R. Heron’ Lett. Lit. xl. 331 Social Science he next considers, with great wisdom, under the heads of Conversation, and of Business. 1829 J. S. Mill Let. 8 Oct. in Wks. (1963) XII. 36 In mathematics there is no danger of partial views:..but in politics & the social science this is..far from being the case. 1846 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. IV. 249 The conception of a social science is due to M. Comte. 1849 Southern Literary Messenger 15 77/2 On the Importance of the Social Sciences in the present day. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. vi. 239 Our linguistic researches will be bounded by the limits of social science and social archæology. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female 435 The relationship between our social-science skills and our world. 1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising i. 3 Linguistics..has so far been the least influential of the major social sciences. 1969 Times 7 Jan. 8/6 Students reading social science were more sceptical than either the arts students or the scientists. 2001 P. Dasgupta Human Well-being & Nat. Environment v. 73 Intellectual fashions in the social sciences swing far too fast for comfort or safety. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1770
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