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social-scientific
Related to the social sciences, belonging to them, or working according to their methods. The social sciences study how people live together in society.
Die Studie analysiert das Wahlverhalten aus einer rein sozialwissenschaftlichen Perspektive.
The study analyzes voting behavior from a purely social-scientific perspective.
The adjective is derived from the noun 'die Sozialwissenschaft' (social science). This noun consists of 'sozial' (social) and 'die Wissenschaft' (science). The ending '-lich' turns the whole word into an adjective.
Er interessiert sich für sozialwissenschaftliche Themen.
He is interested in social-scientific topics.
This adjective is mostly used in academic contexts and often describes nouns such as 'Studie' (study), 'Analyse' (analysis), 'Methode' (method), 'Forschung' (research), or 'Theorie' (theory).
Für ihre Doktorarbeit wählte sie einen sozialwissenschaftlichen Ansatz.
For her doctoral dissertation, she chose a social-scientific approach.
The word can stand before a noun as a classic adjective and is then declined. But it can also remain unchanged as an adverb and describe a verb or the whole sentence.
Das ist eine bekannte sozialwissenschaftliche Theorie.
That is a well-known social-scientific theory.
social
'sozial' and 'sozialwissenschaftlich' look similar, and both have to do with people living together. 'sozial' generally describes things related to society, community, or support for people. 'sozialwissenschaftlich' is much more specific: it refers to the social sciences, that is, the scientific study of society and human coexistence. Learners can easily confuse the words because 'sozialwissenschaftlich' begins with 'sozial'. But 'sozial' is a general everyday word, while 'sozialwissenschaftlich' mainly fits in study, research, or specialist texts.
Für ihre Hausarbeit nutzt Lena eine sozialwissenschaftliche Studie über Familien.
For her term paper, Lena uses a social-scientific study about families.
Herr Hoffmann engagiert sich in einem sozialen Verein für ältere Menschen.
Mr. Hoffmann is involved in a social organization for older people.