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social science

 noun
     
Related topics: Sociology
social science
1 [uncountable]SS the study of people in society
2 [countable]SS a particular subject relating to the study of people in society, such as history, politics, sociology, or anthropology
—social scientist noun [countable]
[↪ natural science]
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