socio-economicsn.
/ˌsəʊʃ(ɪ)əʊˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks/, /ˌsəʊsɪəʊˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks/, /ˌsəʊʃ(ɪ)əʊˌɛkəˈnɒmɪks/, /ˌsəʊsɪəʊˌɛkəˈnɒmɪks/, U.S. /ˈˌsoʊsioʊˌikəˈnɑmɪks/, /ˈˌsoʊʃ(i)oʊˌikəˈnɑmɪks/, /ˈˌsoʊsioʊˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks/, /ˈˌsoʊʃ(i)oʊˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks/ The study of the interaction of and relationship between social and economic factors; (also) the social and economic conditions of a particular area or population.
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society > society and the community > study of society > [noun] > other branches
social history1814
social geography1828
social dynamics1843
social statics1843
socio-economics1893
genetics1896
biosociology1897
social engineering1899
social morphology1899
psychosociology1902
socionomics1902
political sociology1905
sociobiology1912
social planning1913
social constructionist1925
futurology1946
sociobiology1946
structural anthropology1950
squalorology1961
proxemics1963
future research1969
women's studies1969
future study1971
social constructionism1976
social constructivism1981
1893 Amer. Econ. Assoc. 8 31 No fault can be found that a whole century has gone to the upbuilding of a system of socio-economics.
1910 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 35 253 Dr. Hammacher concludes that neither the materialistic interpretation nor the Marxian system of socio-economics can stand the test of criticism.
1995 J. Shreeve Neandertal Enigma (1996) vi. 165 Placed in the context of other clues to Neandertal socioeconomics..Sofer sees no reason to cling to the idea that Neandertals lived in familiar, male-protected family arrangements.
2003 Church Times 23 May 12/3 Essentially these were light-hearted essays in socio-economics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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