attributing a sociological basis to; emphasizing the social aspects of
sociologistic in American English
(ˌsousiˌɑləˈdʒɪstɪk, ˌsouʃi-)
adjective
making reference only to the concepts of sociology, esp. emphasizing social factors to the exclusion of others
Derived forms
sociologistically
adverb
Word origin
[sociologist + -ic]-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)