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sociology

so.ci.ol.o.gy \-je-\ n [F sociologie, fr. socio- + -logie -logy] 1: the 
   science of society, social institutions, and social relationships; (Xspecif 
   : the systematic study of the development, structure, and function of human 
   groups conceived as processes of interaction or as organized patterns of 
   collective behavior 2: the scientific analysis of a social institution as a 
   functioning whole a nd as it relates to the rest of society 3: SYNECOLOGY