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Sociology Pronunciation
Sociology is pronounced soh-see-AH-luh-jee, IPA /ˌsoʊsiˈɑlədʒi/.
soh-see-AH-luh-jee
US /ˌsoʊsiˈɑlədʒi/ · UK /ˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒi/
Syllables: soh · see · AH · luh · jee (5 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
noun: The study of how societies are organised and how people behave within them.
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Sociology in a Sentence
- Sociology turned out to be mostly statistics by the second year.
- His degree is half sociology and half statistics.
- Sociology grew out of nineteenth century social reform.
Common Mispronunciations of Sociology
Not soh-shee-AH-luh-jee
A plain s with an ee behind it opens the second beat, so the word runs soh-see rather than soh-shee.
Not SOH-see-ah-luh-jee
AH in third place is the one loud beat, the same place every ology word puts it.
Tip: Five beats, soh-see-AH-luh-jee, and only the middle one is loud.
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