<B>sociolinguist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies or is skilled in sociolinguistics. </DL>
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<B>sociolinguistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with sociolinguistics. <BR> <I>Ex. The basic sociolinguistic method is that of correlating social with linguistic variables (Walter A. Wolfram).</I> adv. <B>sociolinguistically.</B> </DL>
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<B>sociolinguistics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a branch of linguistics that deals with the social aspects of language and speech, such as cultural influence on speech. </DL>
<B>sociological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with human society or problems relating to it. <BR> <I>Ex. The care of the poor is a sociological concern. ... the sociological problem of a changing neighborhood (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of sociology. <BR> <I>Ex. Sociological concepts already mount upward into the hundreds (Emory S. Bogardus).</I> adv. <B>sociologically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sociologist">
<B>sociologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a student of human society and its problems; an expert in sociology. </DL>
<A NAME="sociology">
<B>sociology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study of the nature, origin, and development of human society and community life; science of society that deals with the facts of crime, poverty, marriage, divorce, the church, the school, and other human institutions. <BR> <I>Ex. sociology, which deals with the relationship of man to his fellowman (Harbaugh and Goodrich). Sociology as the science of human association in groups has had a century-long history (Emory S. Bogardus).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) sociol. </DL>
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<A NAME="sociometric">
<B>sociometric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with sociometry. <DD><B> 2. </B>measuring or indicating the existence, extent, or quality of social relationships. <BR> <I>Ex. sociometric tests.</I> </DL>
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<B>sociometry, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of sociology that measures human relationships. </DL>
<A NAME="sociopath">
<B>sociopath, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who lacks any sense of social or moral responsibility because of mental illness; antisocial person. <BR> <I>Ex. The sociopath is a person who knows that what he is doing is wrong, but doesn't care (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>sociopathic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of a sociopath; like that of a sociopath. <BR> <I>Ex. a sociopathic personality.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sociopolitical">
<B>sociopolitical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with both society and politics; social and political at the same time. <BR> <I>Ex. the constantly increasing sociopolitical pressure on all men to conform (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sociopsychological">
<B>sociopsychological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>social and psychological. <BR> <I>Ex. The major focus of our social policies on drug use should be on prevention by eliminating the sociopsychological roots (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with social psychology. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=psychosocial.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="socioreligious">
<B>socioreligious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with both society and religion; social and religious at the same time. <BR> <I>Ex. Religious circles emphasize ... the importance which should be given to socioreligious values such as ... indissolubility of the family, conjugal love, and responsible parenthood (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sociosexual">
<B>sociosexual, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with relations between a group of people that involve sexual matters. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a bestseller describing the sociosexual goings-on behind the traditional facade of a quiet New England town (Philip Kopper).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sociotechnological">
<B>sociotechnological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or combining social and technological elements. <BR> <I>Ex. The concatenation linking monocultures, pests, pesticides, and all the complex procedures to control the toxicity of pesticides constitutes another obvious example of the sociotechnological failure (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="socius">
<B>socius, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) a fellow; associate; member. </DL>
<A NAME="sociuscriminis">
<B>socius criminis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) an accomplice or associate in the commission of a crime. </DL>
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<B>sock</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a short, close-fitting, knitted covering of wool, cotton, or other fabric for the foot and leg, especially one that reaches about halfway to the knee. <DD><B> b. </B>any article or covering similar to this. <DD><B> 2. </B>a light, low shoe worn by actors in comedy in ancient Greece and Rome. <DD><B> 3. </B>comedy. <DD><B> 4. </B>the comic muse. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Informal.) a wind sock. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to provide with socks; put socks on. <BR><I>expr. <B>sock away,</B> </I>(Slang.) to save or hoard (money), as by putting it away in a sock. <BR> <I>Ex. Most Americans still aren't convinced the recession is over, so they're still trying to sock a little money away--just in case (Wall Street Journal).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>sock in,</B> </I>(Slang.) to close or restrict because of poor visibility or bad weather. <BR> <I>Ex. Fog and drizzle had socked in the runways (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>sock</B> (2), verb, noun, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to strike or hit hard; punch. <BR> <I>Ex. to sock a person in the nose.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to send by hitting. <BR> <I>Ex. to sock a ball over a fence.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a hard blow. <DD><I>adv. </I> squarely; right. <BR><I>expr. <B>sock it to one,</B> </I>(Slang.) to hit or attack in a vigorous, outspoken, or direct way; let one have it. <BR> <I>Ex. The sight of the politicians still socking it to each other was like a Punch and Judy show (Manchester Guardian Weekly). Each issue really socks it to you with uproarious satire (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sockdolager">
<B>sockdolager, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>something unusual, exceptional, or outstanding of its kind. <BR> <I>Ex. The forthcoming safari into Tanganyika ... was destined to be a sockdolager (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a decisive or finishing blow. </DL>
<B>socket, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding something. A candlestick has a socket in which to set a candle. A light bulb is screwed into a socket. <DD><B> 2. </B>a connecting place for electric wires and plugs. <BR> <I>Ex. Please plug the lamp into the socket on the wall.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a hollow place in some part of the body in which another part moves. A person's eyes are set in sockets. <DD><B> 4. </B>the part of an iron golf club where the shaft is fitted into the head. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to put in a socket; fit with a socket. </DL>
<A NAME="socketchisel">
<B>socket chisel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a chisel having a hollow tang in which the handle is inserted. </DL>
<A NAME="socketwrench">
<B>socket wrench,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wrench having a socket fitted to a particular size and shape of nut or bolthead to be turned or held. </DL>
<A NAME="sockeyesalmon">
<B>sockeye salmon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a salmon of the northern Pacific from Japan to California that ascends rivers to spawn; red salmon; blueback salmon. </DL>
<A NAME="sockless">
<B>sockless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> lacking socks. <BR> <I>Ex. His sockless feet blistered in the wet boots.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="socko">
<B>socko, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD><I>noun </I> a very successful venture or effect, especially in the theater. <BR> <I>Ex. It became a sweet socko, an experience that Wodehouse is probably more familiar with than any other humorist (Newsweek).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> very successful; wonderful; terrific, especially in reference to a theatrical hit. <BR> <I>Ex. For writers, too, the Private Eye shows make a socko source of income (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>socle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a low, plain block supporting a wall, a pedestal, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. I paused in front of a bust of Alfred de Musset to read again on its socle one of my favorite cheer-up bits of literature (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="socman">
<B>socman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who held land in socage. </DL>
<A NAME="socmanry">
<B>socmanry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> tenure by socage. </DL>
<A NAME="socratic">
<B>Socratic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Socrates, his philosophy or his followers. <BR> <I>Ex. My role was a Socratic one, to question them persistently and fairly ruthlessly to force them to consider important problems (Technology).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a follower of Socrates. adv. <B>Socratically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="socraticirony">
<B>Socratic irony,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> pretended ignorance in discussion. </DL>
<B>Socratic method,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the use of a series of questions, especially to lead a pupil to think or to make an opponent contradict himself. It is based on the assumption that truth is never incompatible with reason. </DL>
<A NAME="socratism">
<B>Socratism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the doctrines or philosophy of Socrates. </DL>
