social scientistn.
/ˌsəʊʃl ˈsʌɪəntɪst/, U.S. /ˌsoʊʃ(ə)l ˈsaɪən(t)əst/ An expert in or student of one or more of the social sciences.
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society > society and the community > study of society > [noun] > one who studies society
humanista1734
sociologist1843
social scientist1865
sociologue1891
1865 N.Y. Social Sci. Rev. Oct. 386 As social science is in its process of formation and crystallization, would-be social scientists will in all probability abound.
1875 R. J. Wright Principia; or, Basis of Social Sci. p. v As to Spencer; we admit he is the King of the Social Scientists.
1920 J. M. Williams Foundations of Social Sci. p. xiii The trend of thought of the psychological social scientists signifies an aim to arrive at truer assumptions, and to keep an open mind toward the psychological, as well as the other aspects of those assumptions.
1971 Nature 25 June 538/1 Why do social scientists, particularly American social scientists, murder the English language?
2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Jan. d1/4 Today's interpreters of the weather are what social scientists call availability entrepreneurs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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