social science

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in it.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolciencias sociales

Françaisscience sociale

DeutschSozialwissenschaft

16 more languages

العربيةعلم اجتماعي

Češtinaspolečenská věda

Suomiyhteiskuntatiede

हिन्दीसामाजिक विज्ञान

Bahasa Indonesiailmu pengetahuan sosial ilmu sosial

日本語社会科学

ქართულისაზოგადოებრივი მეცნიერება სოციალური მეცნიერება

한국어사회과학

Bahasa Melayusains sosial

Nederlandssociale wetenschap

Русскийобществознание

Svenskasamhällsvetenskap socialvetenskap

ไทยสังคมศาสตร์

Tagalogagham panlipunan aglipunan ulnayan

Türkçesosyal bilim toplumsal bilim

Tiếng Việtkhoa học xã hội

Examples

“During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas from history and social science to the more abstract domains of ethical and political philosophy)[…]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

social scientist social season social secretary social security social security number social services

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