social scientist

/ˌsoʊʃəl ˌsaɪəntəst/

Other forms: social scientists

Definitions of social scientist

1. noun

   someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships
   types:

   anthropologist

   a social scientist who specializes in anthropology

   economic expert, economist

   an expert in the science of economics

   penologist

   a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management

   political scientist

   a social scientist specializing in the study of government

   sociologist

   a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society

   archaeologist, archeologist

   an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture

   demographer, demographist, population scientist

   a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics

   econometrician, econometrist

   an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods

   ethnographer

   an anthropologist who does ethnography

   ethnologist

   a scientist who studies various aspects of human beings like their race, origin, and social structures and relationships

   macroeconomic expert, macroeconomist

   an economist who specializes in macroeconomics

   microeconomic expert, microeconomist

   an economist who specializes in microeconomics

   monetarist

   an advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money

   psephologist

   a sociologist who studies election trends

   cultural anthropologist, social anthropologist

   an anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems

   type of:

   scientist

   a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences