ilmu pengetahuan sosial

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• IPS (initialism)

Etymology

Compound of ilmu pengetahuan +‎ sosial, a calque of Dutch sociale wetenschap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪlmu pənɡətaˈhuan soˈsial]

Noun

ilmu pêngêtahuan sosial

1. social science

   Synonym: ilmu sosial

   Synonym: sains sosial (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “ilmu pengetahuan sosial”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016