socialryn.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: social adj., -ry suffix.
Etymology: < social adj. + -ry suffix.
Sociology.
rare.
society > [noun] > social organization
1896 S. N. Patten in 8 May 711/1 This socialry of men is the subject of sociology, just as their goods are the subject-matter of economics.
1902 14 Feb. 249/1 In the analogy with primitive socialry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).