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metasociology

metasociology noun: the study of sociology itself.

Noun

metasociology (uncountable)

  1. The study of sociology itself

Origin of metasociology

From meta- + sociology. The academic journal The Sociology of Religion attributes its origin to Paul Hanly Furfey, who coined it in his 1953 book The Scope and Method of Sociology (xi).

Questions about metasociology

What does metasociology mean?
Metasociology means the study of sociology itself.
What part of speech is metasociology?
Metasociology is a noun.

Words near metasociology in the dictionary

  1. metasites
  2. metaskill
  3. metaskills
  4. metasocial
  5. metasociological
  6. metasociology
  7. metasoftware
  8. metasoma
  9. metasomal
  10. metasomas
  11. metasomatic

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