social science
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Noun (1)
- the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a societyType of science, scientific disciplineKinds politics, economics, anthropology, home economics, civics, proxemics, sociology
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
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.
From the entry Social.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54