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sociologese

sociologese noun: the jargon used by sociologists.

Noun

sociologese (uncountable)

  1. The jargon used by sociologists.
    Synonyms:
    socspeak

Synonyms of sociologese

Origin of sociologese

From sociology + -ese.

Questions about sociologese

What does sociologese mean?
Sociologese means the jargon used by sociologists.
What part of speech is sociologese?
Sociologese is a noun.

Words near sociologese in the dictionary

  1. sociolinguistic variable
  2. sociolinguistic variables
  3. sociolinguistically
  4. sociolinguistics
  5. sociolinguists
  6. sociologese
  7. sociologic
  8. sociological
  9. sociological imagination
  10. sociological imaginations
  11. sociologically

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