Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who treats of or devotes himself to the study of sociology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who treats of, or devotes himself to, the study of sociology.
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- noun A
scientist studying the field ofsociology ; asocial scientist
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
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Examples
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This constituted the bowling alone phenomenon, a term sociologist Robert Putnum famously coined to describe the diminishment of American community life.
Childhood Unbound Ron Taffel 2009
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This constituted the bowling alone phenomenon, a term sociologist Robert Putnum famously coined to describe the diminishment of American community life.
Childhood Unbound Ron Taffel 2009
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In publishing the list of the Commissioners, when I came to Clark's appointment, I added: "As a sociologist -- the President assuming that for the purposes of such a Commission, the term sociologist means a man who has thought and studied deeply on social questions and has practically applied his knowledge."
An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913
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In publishing the list of the Commissioners, when I came to Clark's appointment, I added: "As a sociologistthe President assuming that for the purposes of such a Commission, the term sociologist means a man who has thought and studied deeply on social questions and has practically applied his knowledge."
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He called him, however, an "eminent sociologist," adding in his announcement of the appointment this explanation: "For the purposes of such a Commission, the term sociologist means a man who has thought and studied deeply on social questions and has practically applied his knowledge."
Theodore Roosevelt and His Times Harold Howland
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Commission, the term sociologist means a man who has thought and studied deeply on social questions and has practically applied his knowledge. "
Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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When I pressed him for a theory, he half-jokingly suggested I call a sociologist at a university like UC Berkeley.
redding.com Stories 2010
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The surveys were scheduled to be destroyed until someone called sociologist and future Chancellor William Sewell.
The Seattle Times 2010
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"It was interesting to see Mr. Ghalibaf become more reformist than the reformists themselves," recalls sociologist Hamidreza Jalaeipour.
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Though Sen, 72, won his 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics and has taught the subject at both Harvard and Cambridge, he could just as convincingly be described as a sociologist, historian, Sanskritist, political analyst and moral philosopher -- for starters -- as his new book makes clear.
Winning Argument 2007
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