sociologicadj.
/səʊʃ(ɪ)əˈlɒdʒᵻk/, /səʊsɪəˈlɒdʒᵻk/, U.S. /soʊsiəˈlɑdʒək/, /soʊʃ(i)əˈlɑdʒək/ = sociological adj.
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society > society and the community > study of society > [adjective]
sociala1770
sociological1843
sociologic1851
social scientific1856
macrosociological1951
1851 J. O'Connell Vestiges of Civilization ii. i. 286 This medical precept..is urged..as a mere sanatory and sociologic law of nature.
1883 Cent. Mag. June 312/2 The antagonism felt toward the Indian seems to result..from his sociologic status which differs so widely from our own.
1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male i. 8 This is a study of all aspects of human sexual behavior, and not a study of its biologic aspects, or of its psychologic aspects, or of its sociologic aspects, as separate entities.
1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 21 Mar. 657/2 There have been major humanitarian and sociologic failings in medicine, but almost all of them can be attributed to our poor behavior as scientists.
2008 M. R. Boyd & S. Burgess in M. A. Boyd Psychiatric Nursing (ed. 4) xxxix. 850/2 Sociologic theories posit that abuse occurs because of cultural norms that permit and even glamorize violent behavior.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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