sosiologisen

Sosiologisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective sosiologinen, which means “sociological.” In Finnish, adjectives inflect for case and number in the same way as nouns, so the genitive singular form ends in -en. Sosiologisen is used to describe a noun in the genitive case, indicating relationship or possession, often in academic or formal contexts. For example, sosiologisen tutkimuksen tulokset means “the results of the sociological study”; sosiologisen tiedon perusteella means “on the basis of sociological knowledge.”

In usage, sosiologisen typically appears before a noun that it modifies inside a genitive construction, such as sosiologisen teorian mukaan (according to the sociological theory) or sosiologisen analyysin tavoitteena (the aim of the sociological analysis). It functions as an adjective form rather than a standalone noun.

Etymology and related terms: the word derives from the noun sosiologia (sociology) and the adjectival suffix -inen; the genitive singular ending -en is added to form sosiologisen. Related terms include sosiologinen (the base meaning “sociological”), sosiologia (sociology), and other inflected forms used in different cases, such as sosiologian (genitive of the noun) or sosiologisessa (in the inessive). In Finnish academic writing, sosiologisen is a common element in phrases attributing findings, theories, or data to sociology.