Sociology

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sociology \So`ci*ol"o*gy\, n. [L. socius a companion + -logy.]
     That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution,
     phenomena, and development of human society; social science.
     --H. Spencer.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sociology
       n : the study and classification of human societies