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so′cial stud′ies, 
  1. Education, Governmenta course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
  • 1925–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
social studies n
  1. (functioning as singular) the study of how people live and organize themselves in society, embracing geography, history, economics, and other subjects
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