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English → English (gcide) Definition: Social statics Statics \Stat"ics\ (-[i^]ks), n. [Cf. F. statique, Gr. statikh` the art of weighing, fr. statiko`s. See Static.] That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics. [1913 Webster] Social statics, the study of the conditions which concern the existence and permanence of the social state. [1913 Webster]