sociology

Sociology means the study of human values, relationships, beliefs and society. (noun)

An example of sociology is what someone is studying when they attend a religious service of a religion that isn’t their own.

See sociology in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the science of human society and of social relations, organization, and change; specif., the study of the beliefs, values, etc. of societal groups and of the processes governing social phenomena
synecology

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See sociology in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(sōˌsē-ŏlˈə-jē, -shē-)

noun

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.

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