sociology

The study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.

Analysis of a social institution or societal segment as a self-contained entity or in relation to society as a whole.

The science of social phenomena; the science which investigates the laws regulating human society; the science which treats of the general structure of society, the laws of its development, the progress of civilization, and all that relates to society.

That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science.

The study of society, human social interaction and the rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups and institutions

the study and classification of human societies