social scientist
- noun
- /ˈsoʊʃəl ˈsaɪəntɪst/
- But the reaction of most social scientists, in particular social psychologists, is quite different.
- social scientists study
- natural and social scientists
- other social scientists
So this is something that social scientists call action bias.
- So this is something that social scientists call action bias.
- So the crime drop is a great Riddle for social scientists to figure out.
- Arthur is a professional French horn player turned social scientist turned happiness guru.
- Now this should sound as blatantly obvious, but again, for social scientists, that's Nazi talk.
- Overall, the group was composed of scientists, social scientists, artists and a humanist.
- So, great linguist, but terrible social scientist.
- We have seen social scientists demonize young black men as super predators.
- Because Red Orc, being the social scientist, doesn't impose that on his experimental subjects, the human beings.
- I can tease Channing and say I'm a social scientist now, but I will never use it in the field of sociology.
- He's a physicist, also a social scientist, and spent nine years as a research programmer at Lockheed and NASA.
- What was really interesting to me is there was a study done by a a social scientist at UCLA that looked at, OK, Apple has been doing this for a little while now.
- Well, as a social scientist, this is the most amazing thing I've ever even dreamed of.
Examples
-
Well, the people who most need our book are the people whose job it is to describe and understand our world, say social scientists and policy analysts.
-
And luckily, psychologists, economists, and other social scientists have actually been studying happiness.
Blog text (8) -
Uh, social scientists in every country in the world.
-
And it looks like it's so much a question of individual decision, so why should a social scientist try to explain it?
-
So this is something that social scientists call action bias.
-
So the crime drop is a great Riddle for social scientists to figure out.
-
It drew a lot of social scientists into it.
-
Educators, communication specialists, and social scientists have been interested in the value of metaphor analysis.
Academic text (2015) -
A group of artists, architects, musicians and social scientists were experimenting in ways which would transform their individual fields.
-
We met with numerous social scientists who helped us understand poverty in El Salvador.
Synonyms
A person who studies how people live and behave in groups
A person who studies how people live and behave in families and communities
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an expert in the study of human society' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'social' (relating to society) with 'scientist' (a person who does scientific study), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer 'a scientist who studies society'. This adj+noun compounding is a common and predictable pattern cross-linguistically, making the expression readily comprehensible without prior exposure.
Etymology
Social scientist is a name made of two simple ideas: social means people living or meeting together and scientist is a person who studies things carefully. So a social scientist watches how people behave in groups and studies their relationships, which is why the term means 'an expert in the study of human society and social relationships'.