social science
noun
1
: a branch of science that deals with the institutions and functioning of human society and with the interpersonal relationships of individuals as members of society
2
: a science (such as economics or political science) dealing with a particular phase or aspect of human society
social scientist
noun
Examples of social science in a Sentence
Economics is a social science.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
To support that social science dissection, Sankey drew on the experiences of actors, writers, and other filmmakers.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 June 2024
Work led by Jenifer McGuire, a professor of family social science at the University of Minnesota, suggests transgender children can experience ambiguous loss when their family responds to their identity in conflicting ways.
—Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
But this misses the… The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda
Straus' ambition is to examine the 1994 Rwandan genocide through a social science lens.
—Scott Straus, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
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“Social science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20science. Accessed 1 Jul. 2024.
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