Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sociology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sociology \So`ci*ol"o*gy\, n. [L. socius a companion + -logy.]
That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution,
phenomena, and development of human society; social science.
--H. Spencer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sociology
n : the study and classification of human societies
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