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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Social \So"cial\, a. [L. socialis, from socius a companion; akin
to sequi to follow: cf. F. social. See Sue to follow.]
1. Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in
society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social
interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits;
social happiness; social duties. ``Social phenomena.''
--J. S. Mill.
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2. Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse;
companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
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3. Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
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Best with thyself accompanied, seek'st not
Social communication. --Milton.
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4. (Bot.) Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of
many individual plants of the same species.
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5. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Living in communities consisting of males, females,
and neuters, as do ants and most bees.
(b) Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from
basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.
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Social science, the science of all that relates to the
social condition, the relations and institutions which are
involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member
of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself
with questions of the public health, education, labor,
punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the
like.
Social whale (Zo["o]l.), the blackfish.
The social evil, prostitution.
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Syn: Sociable; companionable; conversible; friendly;
familiar; communicative; convival; festive.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Social \So"cial\, a. [L. socialis, from socius a companion; akin
to sequi to follow: cf. F. social. See Sue to follow.]
1. Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in
society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social
interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits;
social happiness; social duties. ``Social phenomena.''
--J. S. Mill.
2. Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse;
companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
3. Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
Best with thyself accompanied, seek'st not Social
communication. --Milton.
4. (Bot.) Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of
many individual plants of the same species.
5. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Living in communities consisting of males, females,
and neuters, as do ants and most bees.
(b) Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from
basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.
Social science, the science of all that relates to the
social condition, the relations and institutions which are
involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member
of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself
with questions of the public health, education, labor,
punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the
like.
Social whale (Zo["o]l.), the blackfish.
The social evil, prostitution.
Syn: Sociable; companionable; conversible; friendly;
familiar; communicative; convival; festive.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
social science
n : the branch of science that studies society and the
relationships of individual within a society
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
social science
n.
A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in
it, including anthropology, communication studies, criminology,
economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social
studies, and sociology.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
social science
n.
A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in
it, including anthropology, communication studies, criminology,
economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social
studies, and sociology.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
social science
n.
A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in
it, including anthropology, communication studies, criminology,
economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social
studies, and sociology.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
social science
n.
A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in
it, including anthropology, communication studies, criminology,
economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social
studies, and sociology.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
social science
Englanti n.
yhteiskuntatiede
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
social science
Engelska n.
(tagg kat=vetenskaper språk=en) samhällsvetenskap
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
social science /sˈəʊʃəl sˈaɪəns/
společenská věda
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
social science /sˈəʊʃəl sˈaɪəns/
Sozialwissenschaft , Gesellschaftswissenschaft
see: scientific study, science, sciences, individual science, complementary science, popular science, nutritional science, dietectics, forestry science, health sciences, engineering science, cognitive science, communication science, materials science, economic science, economics, political economy, applied sciences
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
social science /sˈəʊʃəl sˈaɪəns/
yhteiskuntatiede
branch of science
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
social science /sˈəʊʃəl sˈaɪəns/
1. समाज विज्ञान, समाज शास्त्र
"Social science tells us about the society."
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
social science /sˈəʊʃəl sˈaɪəns/
társadalomtudomány
From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]
social science /sˈəʊʃəl sˈaɪəns/
ilmu pengetahuan sosial
branch of science
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
social science /sˈəʊʃəl sˈaɪəns/
社会科学
branch of science
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
social science /sˈəʊʃəl sˈaɪəns/
samhällsvetenskap
branch of science
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "social science":
academic discipline, academic specialty, action, actions, activity,
acts, address, affectation, air, applied science, area, arena, art,
bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm,
behavioral science, carriage, comportment, concern, conduct,
culture pattern, custom, demeanor, department of knowledge,
deportment, discipline, doing, doings, domain, field,
field of inquiry, field of study, folkway, gestures, goings-on,
guise, maintien, manner, manners, method, methodology, methods,
mien, modus vivendi, motions, movements, moves, natural science,
observable behavior, ology, pattern, poise, port, pose, posture,
practice, praxis, presence, procedure, proceeding, province,
pure science, science, specialty, sphere, study, style, tactics,
technicology, technics, technology, tone, way, way of life, ways
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