Complete Definition of "ology"

English
Etymology
From the suffix �-ology� in the names of many sciences

Pronunciation
(RP): IPA|��l�d�i/, SAMPA|/"Ql@dZi/
(US): enPR|äʹl�j�, IPA|/��l�d�i/, SAMPA|/"Al@dZi/

Noun
en-noun|olog|ies

#colloquial Any branch of learning, especially one ending in �-logy�.

Related terms
-logy

Quotations
1902: William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience - The ideal world, for them, is not a world of facts, but only of the meaning of facts; it is a point of view for judging facts. It appertains to a different "-ology," ...

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