Study of societies, of the interaction between them and their individuals. Although in principle it applies only to human groups, the term was extended to other species with a very limited use. It was named after the positivist philosopher Auguste Comte in the nineteenth century using the Latin voice socialis, e ("relative to society") and the Greek voice 955; 959; 947; 953; 945; ( lodge "knowledge") . See prefix socio- and suffix -loggia .
