sociology
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Alejandro Portes, a prominent sociologist at Princeton University, first introduced the term in a paper published in The Annual Review of Sociology in 1998.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2026
Sociology began, Mr. Appiah writes, by “explaining itself in the effort to explain religion.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
"People in Ukraine will accept various forms of security guarantees," said Anton Grushchetsky, the director of Kyiv's International Institute for Sociology, "but they require them."
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025
Guest: Brian Donovan, professor of sociology at the University of Kansas who teaches a college course called “The Sociology of Taylor Swift.”
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024
We are ditching our Sociology Seminar, and Kara is filling every space with nervous chatter, and when she laughs her black bobbed hair shakes like a skirt at her shoulders.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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Power Suffix: -ology
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