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social science

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Sociology
ˌsocial ˈscience noun  1. [uncountable]SS the study of people in society 社会科学2. [countable]SS a particular subject relating to the study of people in society, such as history, politics, sociology, or anthropology 社会科学学科〔包括历史、政治、社会学、人类学等〕social scientist noun [countable] natural science
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social scienceWhy is history, which is clearly a social subject, not a social science?From fourth grade on, almost all social science and most other subject matter is identical from one state to the next.Methodological approaches in social science emerge, develop and, sometimes, fade away.The Environment and Planning Committee will continue to be responsible for the development of social science research in transport.
ˌsocial ˈscience nounChineseSyllable
Corpus of people in study the society


social science
ˌsocial ˈscience noun
1. [uncountable] the study of people in society
2. [countable] a particular subject relating to the study of people in society, such as history, politics, sociology, or anthropology
—social scientist noun [countable]
natural science


social scienceBrE /ˌsəʊʃl ˈsaɪəns/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsoʊʃl ˈsaɪəns/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (also ˌsocial ˈstudies) the study of people in society 社会科学 [countable] a particular subject connected with the study of people in society, for example geography, economics or sociology 社会科学学科