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ology
[ ol-uh-jee ]
noun
- any science or branch of knowledge.
ology
/ ˈɒlədʒɪ /
noun
- informal.a science or other branch of knowledge
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ology1
Example Sentences
The word “logic” comes from the Greek term “logos” which is the root for our suffix -ology.
“I made this error of doing economics and policy, instead of what I was really interested in, which was the animals. I could have done conservation biology, but I was too intimidated by the ‘ology.’”
“Hidden Brain,” hosted by Shankar Vedantam, explores concepts from cognitive science, psychology, sociology, anthropology — basically all the -ologies! — and how these concepts are expressed in our lives.
Every scientific project that persists gets an ‘-ology’, and the study of sociable viruses is no different.
Categories often come with an education-related twist, such as questions on “-ology” or surveys about the best job you could have in college.
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