"social science" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: social sciences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} social science (countable and uncountable, plural social sciences)
  1. A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in it. Wikipedia link: social science Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sciences Synonyms: social science Hyponyms: anthropology, communication studies, criminology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, sociology Holonyms: science Meronyms: anthropology, communication studies, criminology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, sociology Related terms: humanities, hard science, soft science, pure science, applied science Translations (branch of science): علم اجتماعي (Arabic), ciències socials [feminine, plural] (Catalan), 社會科學 (Chinese Mandarin), 社会科学 (shèhuì kēxué) (Chinese Mandarin), společenská věda [feminine] (Czech), sociale wetenschap [feminine] (Dutch), yhteiskuntatiede (Finnish), science sociale (French), საზოგადოებრივი მეცნიერება (sazogadoebrivi mecniereba) (Georgian), სოციალური მეცნიერება (socialuri mecniereba) (Georgian), საზოგადოებათმცოდნეობა (sazogadoebatmcodneoba) (Georgian), Sozialwissenschaft [feminine] (German), κοινωνική επιστήμη (koinonikí epistími) [feminine] (Greek), ilmu pengetahuan sosial (Indonesian), ilmu sosial (Indonesian), 社会科学 (shakaikagaku) (alt: しゃかいかがく) (Japanese), 사회과학 (sahoegwahak) (alt: 社會科學) (Korean), sabiedriskā zinātne [feminine] (Latvian), sains sosial (Malay), علم الاجتماع (Persian), nauka społeczna [feminine] (Polish), științe sociale [feminine, plural] (Romanian), обществозна́ние (obščestvoznánije) [neuter] (Russian), družboslovje [neuter] (Slovene), ciencias sociales [feminine, plural] (Spanish), samhällsvetenskap [common-gender] (Swedish), ulnayan (Tagalog), agham panlipunan (Tagalog), aghamlipunan (Tagalog), aglipunan (Tagalog), sosyal bilim (Turkish), toplumsal bilim (Turkish), khoa học xã hội (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "branch of science",
      "word": "toplumsal bilim"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "branch of science",
      "word": "khoa học xã hội"
    }
  ],
  "word": "social science"
}

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