sociometristn.
/ˌsəʊʃɪˈɒmᵻtrɪst/, /ˌsəʊsɪˈɒmᵻtrɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌsoʊsɪˈɑmətrəst/, /ˈˌsoʊʃɪˈɑmətrəst/ Sociology and Social Psychology.
An expert in or student of sociometry.
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society > society and the community > study of society > [noun] > sociometry > one who studies
sociometrist1937
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > social psychology > group psychology > [noun] > analysis of groups > one who analyses groups
sociometrist1937
1937 J. L. Moreno in Sociometry 1 219 The sociometrist has the task of breaking down..the misunderstandings and fears..in the group he is facing.
1956 J. Klein Study of Groups 180 The insistence of the sociometrist that the two kinds of criterion must be presented simultaneously now begins to sound suspicious.
1980 Sociol. Q. 21 295 There has recently appeared an effort to ‘blockmodel’ the transnational flows of a world-system in much the same manner as the sociometrists have modeled group behavior.
1996 C. A. Pressler & F. B. Dasilva Sociol. & Interpr. ii. 49 In a time characterized by polls and professional sociometrists, Schutz' sociology seems elitist and opaque.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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