ilmu masyarakat
Malay
Etymology
Compound of ilmu + masyarakat.
Noun
- (uncommon) sociology
- Synonym: sosiologi
- 1959 July 21, Syed Hussein Alatas, “Konsep Islam terhadap masharakat: Perjuangan Menentang Penjajahan Tidak Sa-mata2 untok Kemerdekaan [Islam on Society: The Struggle Against Colonialism Is Not Solely for Independence]”, in Berita Harian (Singapore)[1], page 4:
- Ahli2 ilmu jiwa dan ilmu masharakt[sic] di-Barat sekarang sedang berkeloh kesah melihat keadaan yang demikian yang terdapat di-kalangan khalayak ramai di-Barat.
- Experts of psychology and sociology in the West are now shocked looking at the current state of affairs of the general public in the West.
Further reading
- “ilmu masyarakat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.