n
(sociology) Research where the researcher themselves are an agent of social action.
adj
Relating to activity, especially (anthropology) the complex activities of human beings within a culture.
adj
(archaeology) Relating to actual use
n
(ethnology) The viewing of a different culture as if it were allochronic
adj
Belonging or relating to another tribe
n
The branch of anthropology that deals with the geographical distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which deals historically with the origin and filiation of races and nations.
adj
(linguistics) Relating to anthropolinguistics.
adv
In a manner which pertains to anthropology.
adj
Of or pertaining to anthroposemiotics.
adj
Of or relating to social anthropology.
n
(dated, historical) The anthropological and sociological study of race as a means of establishing the superiority of certain peoples.
adv
In terms of anthropotechnics.
adj
(sociology) Of or relating to Arjun Appadurai (born 1949), social-cultural anthropologist known for his work on globalization.
adj
Alternative form of archeopsychic [In transactional analysis, relating to a part of the ego that deals with subconscious memories, and is likened to a child.]
adj
Using ethnographic techniques to describe one's own life, or events in which one is a participant.
n
An ethnographic study drawing on one's own anecdotal or personal experience, or an approach to conducting research in which anecdotal or personal experience is foregrounded.
n
An ethnonym used by those who belong to the ethnic group it describes.
adj
Synonym of axiological
n
(sociology) The study of barrios
n
The combination of biological and cultural factors that affect human behavior
n
The role and status of humans and their social connections in relation to biological status.
adv
In a biosocial context.
adj
(sociology) Of or pertaining to Pierre Bourdieu.
adj
Of the psychologist Egon Brunswik and his emphases on probability and on an organism's functional relationship with its environment.
adv
(domain) From the perspective of casuistics or casuistry.
n
(anthropology, archaeology) The technical processes and social acts involved in the production, use, and eventual disposal of artifacts; used to guide step-by-step analysis.
adj
Of or relating to citizen science.
adj
Of or relating to citizen science; collected as a part of a citizen science project.
adj
Pertaining to or arising from civilization
adv
In terms of civilization.
adj
Of the same ethnicity.
n
The study of the conjunctures that influence interacting cultures.
n
Knowledge or understanding of the cosmos.
adj
Of or relating to a cosmovision.
adj
Relating to creolistics.
adj
Synonym of criteriologic.
adj
(technical) Due to human activity.
n
(geography) A geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships.
n
Following of cultural evolution.
adj
Of or relating to culturalism.
n
(euphemistic) Ethnicity, race (and its associated arts, customs, etc.)
adj
(psychology) Confined to a specific human culture.
n
A segmentable unit of culture.
adj
Pertaining or related to culture and science; cultural and scientific.
adv
In culturohistorical terms.
adj
Relating to culturology.
adv
In terms of culturology.
n
A branch of social sciences concerned with the scientific description and analysis of cultures as a whole.
adj
Relating to culturomics.
adj
Relating to cyberethnography.
adj
Relating to cybersociology.
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
adv
In terms of ecclesiology.
adj
Of or relating to ecocracy.
adj
That combines ecological and cultural elements.
adj
Of or pertaining to ecodramaturgy.
adj
Of or relating to ecofascism.
adj
Of or relating to ecofeminism.
adj
Resembling or relating to ecofeminism.
adj
Relating to, or driven by, economics and culture.
adj
Of or relating to ecophilosophy.
adj
Relating to ecopolitics.
adj
Of or relating to ecopreneurs.
adj
Pertaining to ecopsychology.
n
A form of psychology based on integration with the natural world rather than with society.
adj
Of or relating to ecology and society.
adj
Pertaining to ecosocialism.
adj
Of or relating to ecosocialism.
adj
Of or relating to ecosophy.
adj
Relating to a spiritual connection to the natural environment.
adj
Of or pertaining to ecotopia.
adj
Relating to ecotourism.
adj
Relating to educology.
adv
In terms of, or by means of, educology.
adj
(social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture.
adj
Relating to enactivism
adj
Of or pertaining to enculturation.
n
An ethnonym used by those who belong to the ethnic group it describes.
n
The study of human actions that lead to the disintegration and increasing disorder of highly evolved social systems.
adj
Pertaining to the environment.
adj
Of, or relating to environmentalism.
adj
Of or pertaining to equilibristics.
n
(ethnology) Knowledge originating from the study of the object culture of non-European traditional societies.
adj
Of or relating to Eskimology.
adj
Relating to ethics and society.
adj
Emphasizing Ethiopia or its culture or languages.
adj
Of or relating to ethnology.
adj
Relating to or exhibiting ethnicism.
adj
(colloquial) Having an ethnic appearance or atmosphere.
adj
Relating to ethnoaesthetics.
adj
Of or relating to ethnoanthropology
n
The study of the ethnological aspects of anthropology
adj
Of or relating to ethnoarchaeology.
adv
In terms of ethnoarchaeology.
n
The ethnographic study of peoples for archaeological reasons.
n
(astronomy) The anthropological study of skywatching in contemporary societies.
n
geographical mapping in line with the perceptions of (minority) ethnic groups
adj
Of or pertaining to ethnocentrism.
adj
Relating to ethnochoreology.
n
The interdisciplinary study of the cultural and social aspects of dance.
n
ethnological classification
adj
Relating to ethnicity and confessionalism (system of government).
adj
Of or relating to ethnocriticism.
adj
Relating to ethnic cookery
adj
Describing an ethnic group that has a distinct culture
adv
In ethnocultural terms.
n
The culture of an ethnic group
adj
Relating to ethnodemography
n
The strengthening of an ethnic minority by reviving their cultural practices etc.
adj
(rare) Relating to the dietary practices of specific ethnic groups.
adj
Relating to ethnoecology.
n
The study of the relationships between people and the ecology of the environments in which they live
n
The study of energy production and use in ethnic groups
n
federalism of ethnic groups
n
The flora of a region that is used by that region's native inhabitants
n
The emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity.
adj
Of or relating to ethnogenesis.
adv
In terms of ethnogenesis.
adj
Related to ethnogeography.
adj
Related to ethnogeography.
n
The scientific study of the geographic distribution of ethnic groups.
n
The effect of ethnicity on the health and well-being of old people
n
(anthropology) The present tense formerly used in ethnographies, even for cultures that no longer existed by the time they were written.
v
(anthropology) To carry out ethnography.
adj
Relating to ethnohistory.
adv
In terms of ethnohistory.
n
traditional folk knowledge
adj
Relating to ethnolect.
adj
Of or pertaining to ethnology.
adv
In an ethnological manner or fashion.
adj
Of or pertaining to ethnomathematics.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or by means of ethnomethodology.
n
An academic discipline that attempts to understand the social orders people use to make sense of the world through analysing their accounts and descriptions of their day-to-day experiences.
adj
Relating to ethnomimesis.
adj
Relating to or pertaining to ethnomusicology.
adj
Relating to ethnomycology.
adj
Relating to ethnonationality.
n
identity as jointly defined by ethnicity and nationality
n
ethnological aspects of nutrition
adj
Of or pertaining to ethnonyms.
adj
Of or pertaining to ethnoornithology
adj
Relating to ethnopedology
n
The study of local (indigenous) knowledge of soils
adj
Exhibiting or relating to ethnophaulism.
adj
Pertaining to ethnophilia
adj
Relating to ethnophilosophy.
n
The study of indigenous philosophical systems associated with specific ethnic groups.
adj
Of or pertaining to ethnopoetics.
n
(rare) The process of establishing an ethnic group
adj
Relating to ethnopolitics.
n
politics as it relates to different ethnic groups
adj
Of or relating to the psyche of an ethnic group.
n
The use of anthropology in psychoanalysis
adj
Relating to ethnopsychology.
n
The scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups
adj
Relating to ethnicity and race.
adj
Pertaining to, exhibiting, or in accordance with ethnoracialism.
adj
Relating to an ethnoregion.
adj
ethnologically relative
n
An acquired ability to see many values and behaviors as cultural rather than universal.
adj
Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
adv
In an ethnoreligious manner or context.
n
A transnational distribution of correlated people.
n
The scientific study of ethnic cultures
adj
Of or relating to ethnoscience.
adv
In an ethnoscientific manner or context.
adj
Being both sectarian and specific to ethnic identities.
n
Ethnosectarian beliefs and policies generally.
adj
Relating to ethnosemantics.
adj
Both ethnic and social.
adj
Relating to ethnosociology.
adv
In terms of ethnosociology.
n
The sociology of specific ethnic groups
n
The name of a species used by people in its locality
adj
Specific to an ethnicity.
adj
Relating to ethnostatistics.
n
(sociology) The study of of the social forces that influence the production of statistics.
adj
Relating to ethnoterritory.
adv
In ethnoterritorial terms.
n
A belief shared by members of an ethnic group
n
Tourism for the purpose of seeing the culture and lifestyle of another ethnic group.
adj
Relating to the traditions of an ethnic group.
n
The study and recording of moral behaviour and human manners
adj
Of or pertaining to ethology.
adj
(social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.
n
The study of the effects of place on people.
n
A system of interconnections between a social setting in which the individual does not have an active role and the individual's immediate context. For example, a parent's experience at home may be influenced by the other parent's experiences at work.
n
(sociology) A theory concerning the relationship between social actors and local social orders.
adj
Of or pertaining to folksonomy.
adj
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
n
(anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
adj
Relating to functionalism.
n
The belief that a text is best understood by studying its origins and history.
adj
Relating to geoculture
adj
(geography) Relating to the geographic distribution of ethnic groups
n
(sociology) Any theory that is based on observation of social phenomena
n
The study of this behaviour.
adv
In terms of or by means of heteropatriarchy.
adv
In terms of heterophenomenology.
adj
Pertaining to heterosociality, to social interaction with the opposite sex.
n
Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.
n
(sociology) A branch of sociology that focuses on how societies develop through history.
adv
In terms of historicism.
adj
Relating to cultural history.
adj
Relating to history and culture.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of a single ethnicity.
adj
(cultural anthropology, structural anthropology) Playing the same role as seen in another culture, whether by historical connection, psychological archetype, convergent cultural evolution, or otherwise (as may be hypothesized but not known with certainty by current science), as for example with the cryptozoologic concepts of yeti and sasquatch, the use of polite and familiar pronouns, or other similarities.
n
(cultural anthropology) A belief, practice, concept, or artifact that has a counterpart in another culture.
adj
Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
n
An interdisciplinary field of study with the objective of meeting human needs through an applied knowledge base, focusing on prevention and remediation of problems.
n
The social and cultural aspects of an operational environment, especially in a military context.
adj
Relating to hyperrelativism
n
The culture of medical professionals.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or featuring interaction.
n
(sociology) The branch of sociology that studies interaction between individuals or groups
adj
Of or relating to interactionism.
adj
Of or relating to intersectionalism or intersectionality.
adj
Pertaining to the mutual intercourse or relations of persons in society.
n
A worldview where humans are closely related to other natural entities. A kincentric ecology generally includes all humans and all animals. It may also include entities such as plants, rivers, or rocks.
n
sociolinguistics dealing with relatively large sections of society, rather than with individuals
n
The subdiscipline of sociology that deals with large-scale human interactions on the level of populations and large collectives.
adv
In terms of Marxology.
n
The process of creating and developing theories or ideologies based on an analytical study of societies, cultures, their ways of thinking and the evolution of their minds.
n
(sociology) the analysis of institutions, organisations, and governmental social activity e.g. NGOs.
n
The environmental or sociological influence on a person.
adj
Relating to metaculture.
n
All the universal concepts that are present in all cultures
adj
Relating to metaethnography
n
An extension to ethnography that deals with meta-ethnicity
adj
Relating to metasociology
n
(sociology) The study of sociology itself
adj
Relating to metroethnicity.
adv
In terms of mythistory.
n
Nature and culture, understood as inseparable elements of a single system rather than as dichotomous.
adv
In terms of necropolitics.
n
Digital ethnography; a research method relating to online social practices.
adj
(anthropology) Of or related to itinerant herdsmen.
adj
Relating to nomadology.
adv
In terms of nomadology.
n
(social sciences) The study of personal identities that are not rooted in one place or limited to a single fixed worldview.
adj
Relating to observation, especially scientific observation.
n
A person who studies onomastics; one who studies or researches names.
adj
Relating to ostreaculture.
n
A person who dabbles in parabiology
n
(social sciences) A research methodology used in some social sciences to gain familiarity with a group of individuals and their practices through an intensive involvement, usually over an extended period of time.
adj
Of or pertaining to patriology.
adv
In terms of personology.
adj
Centred upon tribes or races of people, or upon species of organisms
n
The demography of tribes etc.
n
The historical development of a human social or racial group.
adv
In terms of praxeology.
n
(sociology) The study of social practices.
adj
Alternative form of pre-Columbian [Before Christopher Columbus's voyages of the 1490s introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas.]
n
The study of those times.
adj
Synonym of prescriptionist
adj
Of or relating to a process, especially to the methodological study of processes in social science
n
a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships
n
(physical anthropology) The passing of behaviours from one generation to another among non-human primates. These cultures are very rudimentary, and do not exhibit complex cultural technology.
adj
Being or relating to an earlier form of what is now known as sociology.
n
The study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies.
adj
Relating to pseudoculture.
n
A belief system that aims to unite the inner self (psyche) and the external world (cosmos).
adv
In a psychocultural context.
adv
In terms of, or by means of, psychoeducation.
n
The use of demographics to obtain marketing data from people's attitudes, lifestyles etc.
n
(science fiction) A fictional mathematical statistical science of large population dynamics, where mathematical models can predict general futures, based on activities of quadrillions of individuals. The fictional science first occurs in Asimov's 1950s Foundation series, and has since been picked up by other authors for other works.
adv
With regard to psychosociology.
adj
Having both psychological and sociological aspects.
adv
In terms of psychotypology.
n
(biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
n
The branch of sociology that studies these patterns
adj
Relating to raciology.
n
The study of race as a scholarly discipline, the study sometimes called racial anthropology or scientific racism.
adj
Of or pertaining to relationism.
adj
Relating to religion and culture.
adj
Relating to rhetology.
n
(sociology) A modern human society focused on possible future outcomes and what could go wrong.
n
Synonym of Pygmalion effect
adj
Of or pertaining to sarcology.
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific method.
adj
Relating to sentiocentrism.
adj
(psychology) Occurring in relation to a specific situation.
n
(slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science.
adv
According to society or societal norms.
adj
Of or relating to society.
n
(sociology) Is an act which takes into account the actions and reactions of individuals or "agents". Associated with Max Weber.
n
A psychotherapeutic diagram presenting individuals as nodes (with the patient at the centre) connected by lines indicating their relationships.
n
The value created by social relationships, with expected returns in the marketplace.
n
(sociology, anthropology) A verbal or non-verbal signal expressed through the face, body, voice, motion, and used to guide conversations as well as other social interactions by influencing impressions of and responses to others.
n
(sociology) The distance between different social groups, e.g. in terms of class, ethnicity, gender-identity, sexual-identity, etc.
n
(sociology) The study of interactions within and between societies.
n
The study of relationships between people and their environment, especially the interdependence of people, collectives and institutions.
n
(sociology) Use of numerical data to inform social programs.
n
Following of social evolution.
n
The history of society; an approach to and subfield of history that emphasizes social structures.
n
The study of the larger world and the place of human society within it.
n
(sociology) The ability of an actor to change the incentive structures of other actors in order to bring about an outcome.
n
The ideas, concepts and beliefs of our social environment that become ingrained in our psyche.
n
The study of how people and groups interact.
n
A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in it, including anthropology, communication studies, criminology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and sociology.
n
The study of history, geography, civics, sociology, economics, and other social-science subjects, especially in primary and secondary school.
n
Any of several professions concerned with providing social services to members of the community.
adj
Of or pertaining to sociality.
adj
Of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
n
(sociology) The theory attributed to Steve Bruce that modernisation makes social life increasingly fragmented with a loss of close-knit communities, which process is seen to undermine religion.
adj
(archaic) Of or pertaining to society; social.
n
(informal) The discipline of sociology.
adj
Of, pertaining to or characterized by a combination of sociological and demographic characteristics
adj
Of or pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors.
adj
Of or pertaining to a combination of social and political factors.
adj
Of or pertaining to social and racist factors.
adj
Relating to socioanthropology.
adv
In terms of, or by means of, socioanthropology.
n
social anthropology, cultural anthropology
adj
Focused around a society, or social practices.
n
The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own social group or society.
adj
Relating to sociochemistry.
adj
Relating to cognitive aspects of sociology.
adv
In sociocognitive terms.
adj
Relating to socioconstructivism
adj
Relating to social context
adj
Pertaining to the order of the universe and one's consequent obligations to and role in society.
adj
Of or relating to social criticism.
adj
Of or relating to both society and culture.
n
Belief in sociocultural evolution.
adj
Relating to sociocybernetics.
adj
Of or pertaining to sociodemography
adv
In sociodemographic terms.
n
A branch of study combining sociology and demography
n
(sociology) social development
n
A justification (or similar discourse) of the nature of a particular society
adj
Relating to sociodynamics
adj
Of or pertaining to socioecology.
n
The branch of economics that deals with social aspects.
adj
social and educational
adj
Relating to an individual's emotions and relationship to society.
adv
In socioemotional terms.
adj
Relating to a socioenvironment
adj
Of or pertaining to both society and ethics.
adj
Relating to society and ethnicity.
n
Social and ethnic status.
adj
(sociology) Relating to the evaluation of a person's place in, and worth to, society
adj
(sociology) Relating to society and the family
adj
(of a grouping of people) Arranged so that each can maintain some privacy from the others.
adj
(sociology) relating to social (or structural) functionalism
adv
In sociofunctional terms.
n
The social origin of a particular phenomenon
adv
In terms of sociogenesis.
adj
Caused by society; having a social origin.
adv
In a sociogenic manner.
n
The science of the origin of society.
adj
Pertaining to society and geography.
n
A graphic representation of the structure of interpersonal relations in a group situation; a depiction of the social links that a person has.
adj
Of or relating to sociography.
adj
Of or relating to sociography.
adv
In terms of, or by means of, sociography.
n
(sociology) The branch of sociology that concentrates on the descriptive analysis of social phenomena.
adj
Of or pertaining to social and historical factors.
adv
In sociohistorical terms.
n
The social aspect or aspects of a historic event or era.
adj
sociological and humanistic
adj
(sociology) Relating to, or described by a sociological index
adj
Of or relating to a sociolect.
adj
Of or relating to a sociolect.
adj
Of or relating to a sociolect.
adj
Pertaining to society and the law.
adv
From a sociolinguistic perspective.
adj
Of or pertaining to sociology.
adj
Of or pertaining to sociology.
n
The attribution of a sociological basis to another discipline.
adj
Referring only to the sociological concepts, explaining social phenomena by sociological principles only.
n
A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis.
adj
Relating to sociomateriality.
n
The study of the interlinked social and material aspects of the use of technology in the workplace.
adv
In sociomaterial terms.
n
a tabular representation in matrix form of data collected using a sociometric method to measure interpersonal relationships
adj
Of or pertaining to the relationship between medicine and society
adv
In sociomedical terms.
n
(psychology, sociology) A theoretical gauge of interpersonal relationships, typically realised as self-esteem.
adj
Synonym of sociometric
n
sociometry (especially as an academic study)
n
The quantitative study of social interactions, and the measurement of preferences etc.
adj
Relating to society and morality.
adj
Relating to society and mythology.
adv
In terms of sociopathology.
adj
(of a grouping of people) arranged so that each can see and interact with the others
n
An approach to philosophy based on sociological enquiry.
n
(sociology, physics) The study of social and political behavior using tools and concepts from physics and physical chemistry
adj
Relating to sociopoetics.
adj
Alternative spelling of socio-political [Of or pertaining to a combination of social and political factors.]
adv
In a sociopolitical way.
adj
Relating to society, politics, and law.
adj
Of or relating to sociopragmatics.
adj
Relating to a person's social status and profession
adj
Of or pertaining to social psychology.
adv
In sociopsychological terms.
n
The study of social psychology.
adj
Relating to society and race.
adv
In terms of society and race.
adj
Of or pertaining to sociorealism.
adj
Of or pertaining to the regional divisions of society.
adj
Relating to social relationships
adj
Of or pertaining to social and religious factors.
adv
In socioreligious terms.
adj
Of or pertaining to the field of sociorobotics.
adj
Relating to society and sanitation.
adj
Relating to society and science.
adj
Of or pertaining to sexual behaviour as it relates to society
n
The space inhabited by a social group.
adj
(sociology) Relating to sociological aspects of (mostly urban) spaces.
n
The totality of social interactions (of a particular person)
adj
Relating to the structure of society.
adv
In sociostructural terms.
adj
(social sciences) Relating to society and symbols.
adj
Having both social/sociological and technical/technological aspects
adv
In a sociotechnical sense or context.
adj
sociological and technological
adj
Of or relating to time-based relationships in social settings, such as a school timetable.
adv
In terms of, or by means of, sociotherapy.
n
A geographical area that has a uniform social environment.
adj
(sociology) Relating to sociotropy
n
(sociology) A strong need for social interaction
n
Any of the personality types in socionics.
n
(sociology) According to Gilles Deleuze, a social body that takes credit for production.
adj
Relating to human cultures as they are situated in physical space.
adj
(archaeology, sociology) Pertaining to or existing in successive stages of a given culture, society etc.
adj
Relating to storiology.
n
The study of social structures in human communities; the study of human society according to the theories of structuralism, especially associated with French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss.
adj
Of or pertaining to structuralism.
n
(sociology) A theory proposed by Anthony Giddens in an attempt to reconcile theoretical dichotomies of social systems such as agency/structure, subjective/objective, and micro/macro perspectives.
adv
In terms of a subculture.
n
(taxonomy) A secondary or subsidiary race.
n
collective creation or organization
adj
Of or pertaining to a syndicate
n
An interdisciplinary field of science which studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society and science, and studies complex parts of reality as systems.
adj
Relating to technocriticism.
adj
Of or pertaining to technoculture.
adv
In terms of technoculture.
adj
Pertaining to technomancy.
adj
Of or pertaining to technophilosophy.
adj
Of or pertaining to technosociety.
n
A Bogdanovian discipline that unified all social, biological and physical sciences by considering them as systems of relationships.
adj
Relating to telepistemology.
adj
Relating to terraculture.
n
(ethnology) A branch of ethnology that emphasizes the relationship between people and the place in which they live or from which they come.
n
(taxonomy) Synonym of tribe
adj
Relating to trolleyology.
adj
Relating to an urbanist.
adj
Relating to urbanology.
n
(anthropology) culturally structured thought or worldview
adv
In terms of victimology.
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