# metasociology

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The study of sociology itself

## Etymology
From meta- + sociology. The academic journal The Sociology of Religion attributes its origin to Paul Hanly Furfey, who coined it in his 1953 book The Scope and Method of Sociology (xi).

## Source
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