how to pronounce sociology

/ˌsoʊsiːˈɑːlədʒiː/

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sociology is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of sociology in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… uh the sociology of people's reaction to …”

meaning of sociology

Sociology is the study of society.

sociology frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word sociology occurs in english on average 2.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sociology can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sociology can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;