Sociology

Articles about society, social groups and social processes.

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Significant other

Significant other: definition, usage, and social context

Sikkimese people

Sikkimese people: communities, origins and cultural identity

Simon Says

Single person

Sit-in

Sit-in: nonviolent occupation as direct political action

Slang

Slut

Social capital

Social capital: meaning, types, measurement, and social importance

Social choice theory

Social class

Social class (socioeconomic groups and stratification)

Social commentary

Social commentary: forms, history, and methods

Social control

Social Darwinism

Social Darwinism: origins, beliefs, applications, and criticisms

Social engineering (security)

Social equality

Social interaction

Social isolation

Social issue

Social justice

Social justice: principles, history, and contemporary applications

Social movement

Social network

Social network: structure, roles, and community dynamics

Social programs in the United States

Social psychology

Social psychology: how people think, influence, and relate in groups

Social responses to the idea of evolution

Social sciences

Social sciences: disciplines, methods, history, and applications

Social status

Social status: ascribed and achieved positions in society

Social stigma

Social stigma: causes, types, and societal effects

Social structure

Social work

Socialist country

Socialite

Society

Society: Structure, Functions, and Forms

Sociobiology

Sociobiology: the biological study of social behavior

Sociolect

Sociolect — Language varieties of social groups

Sociolinguistics

Sociology

Sociology: the study of societies, social behavior, and institutions

Solidarity

Solitude

Solitude: meaning, types, effects and cultural perspectives

Sonderkommando

Sonderkommando: prisoner work units in Nazi extermination camps

Sorbian languages

Sorbian languages

Soup kitchen

Soup kitchen: community meal services for people in need

Speed dating

Spinster

Sprachbund

Squatting

Squatting: informal occupation of vacant land and buildings

Standard of living

Standard of living: definition, measures, history, uses and limitations

Stereotype

Stereotype

Straight edge

Straight edge

Straight edge (sXe): a lifestyle of abstinence rooted in hardcore punk

Straight edge (sXe) is a subcultural lifestyle in which people abstain from alcohol, tobacco and recreational drugs; some adherents also avoid casual sex, caffeine or other behavio