sociological imagination
sociological imagination · sociological imaginations
A framework for understanding social reality that places personal experiences within a…A framework for understanding social reality that places personal experiences within a broader social and historical context.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A framework for understanding social reality that places personal experiences within a broader social and historical context.
Origin
Coined by American sociologist C. Wright Mills in his 1959 book The Sociological ImaginatiCoined by American sociologist C. Wright Mills in his 1959 book The Sociological Imagination.
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Forms
plural: sociological imaginations| Singular | sociological imagination |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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