Science of society, social institutions, and social relationships; specifically the systematic study of the development, structure, and function of human groups conceived as processes of interaction or as organized patterns of collective behavior.

sociology(P,,U,English-P,D,U,U)
sociological(,U,English-NP,AD,U,U)
sociologie(P,,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
sociología(P,,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
社會學(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,,)
she hui hsüeh(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
shè huì xué(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
she hui xue(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Activities Facet
........Disciplines (facet)
............disciplines
................social sciences
....................behavioral sciences
........................sociology

practitioner(s)/student(s) are....	sociologists
thing(s) that are focus are....	sociological concepts

Dutch....	De wetenschap van de maatschappij, maatschappelijke instellingen en sociale betrekkingen; in het bijzonder de systematische bestudering van de ontwikkeling, structuur en werking van menselijke groepen gezien als processen van interactie of als georganiseerde gemeenschappelijke gedragspatronen.
Spanish....	Ciencia de la sociedad, instituciones sociales; específicamente el estudio sistemático del desarrollo, estructura, función de grupos humanos, concebido como proceso de interacción o como modelos organizados del comportamiento colectivo.
Chinese (traditional)....	研究社會、社會機構及社會關係的科學；尤指對人類群體的發展、結構及功能的系統性研究，將之視為互動過程或具組織性模式的集體行為。

sociology............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	Peterson's Guide to Graduate and Professional Programs (1967-) Vol. 3
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
sociological............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
sociologie............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
sociología............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Moliner, Diccionario de uso del español (2004) II:1188
社會學............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 March 21, 2012
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 March 21, 2012
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 March 21, 2012
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982) Sociology: & architecture; Architecture: social aspects
.................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)

Getty AAT: 300054453 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300054453
ASDC Union Catalog： sociology 、sociological 、sociologie 、sociología 、社會學 、she hui hsüeh 、shè huì xué 、she hui xue