Definitions of social science
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the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society
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civics
the social science of municipal affairs
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anthropology
the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
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government, political science, politics
the study of government of states and other political units
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domestic science, home ec, home economics, household arts
theory and practice of homemaking
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economic science, economics, political economy
the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
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proxemics
the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations
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sociology
the study and classification of human societies
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archaeology, archeology
the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
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descriptive anthropology, ethnography
the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies
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ethnology
the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics
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physical anthropology
the branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings
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cultural anthropology, social anthropology
the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society
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geopolitics
the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state
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practical politics, realpolitik
politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations
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econometrics
the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data
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finance
the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
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macroeconomics
the branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy
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microeconomics
the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms
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supply-side economics
the school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy; advocates policies that raise capital and labor output by increasing the incentive to produce
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criminology
the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
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demography, human ecology
the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
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psephology
the branch of sociology that studies election trends (as by opinion polls)
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sociometry
the quantitative study of social relationships
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type of:
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science, scientific discipline
a particular branch of scientific knowledge
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