sociologicaladj.
/ˌsəʊʃ(ɪ)əˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, /səʊsɪəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌsoʊsiəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/, /ˈˌsoʊʃ(i)əˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Of or relating to sociology; concerned or connected with the organization, condition, or study of society.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > study of society > [adjective]
sociala1770
sociological1843
sociologic1851
social scientific1856
macrosociological1951
1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic II. vi. x. 585 There are two kinds of sociological inquiry.
1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (ed. 3) II. 594 It embraced cosmical, but excluded sociological speculations.
1908 L. Wallis Sociol. Study of Bible xi. 108 The stories relating to Gideon and his son Abimelek are in some confusion; but the sociological factors are quite certain.
1975 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 88 59 The kind of presentational device I focus on has been noticed in the sociological literature before.
2007 New Yorker 15 Jan. 12/1 Teen-agers didn't exist as a sociological category in Puritan New England.
Derivatives
socioˈlogically adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > study of society > [adverb]
sociologically1880
1880 Princeton Rev. Sept. 294 Tho it is well to gain as much Sociology and apply as much Sociology as you can, yet the world will be Sociologically reformed at a very slow rate.
1958 Punch 16 July 72/2 Sociologically, of course, we are up against the fact-finders. Fact-finding is to estimating as photography is to painting in oils.
2001 P. B. Gonzales Forced Sacrifice as Ethnic Protest 3 Forced sacrifice is a rare but symbolically and sociologically revealing event.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1843