1. the specialized jargon or technical language used by sociologists, often characterized by complex terminology and abstract concepts
Usage: informal; sometimes pejorative

Examples

• The professor’s lecture was full of sociologese that confused the undergraduate students.
• She translated the research findings from dense sociologese into language the public could understand.
• The report was criticized for being written in impenetrable sociologese rather than clear prose.
• Many academic papers suffer from excessive use of sociologese that obscures their main points.
• The journalist avoided sociologese when explaining the study’s implications to her readers.
• Students often struggle to decode the sociologese found in their assigned readings.