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typology
[ tahy-pol-uh-jee ]
noun
- the doctrine or study of types or prefigurative symbols, especially in scriptural literature.
- a systematic classification or study of types.
- Linguistics. the study and classification of languages according to structural features, especially patterns of phonology, morphology, and syntax, without reference to their histories.
typology
/ taɪˈpɒlədʒɪ; ˌtaɪpəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /
noun
- Christian theol the doctrine or study of types or of the correspondence between them and the realities which they typify
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Derived Forms
- typological, adjective
- tyˈpologist, noun
- ˌtypoˈlogically, adverb
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Other Words From
- ty·po·log·i·cal [tahy-p, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], typo·logic adjective
- typo·logi·cal·ly adverb
- ty·polo·gist noun
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Example Sentences
These tended to be Republicans of the old school: the country-club types, to use a perhaps outdated typology.
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What a marvelous unfolding of Old Testament typology in the Hebrews!
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Irenus follows Justin in making the angels mix with the daughters of men, and also in his absurd typology.
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It merely points up the fact that Western terminology and typology might be rexamined.
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Variant—in projectile point typology a variation of the type described as of the original series.
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Typology (L)—a study of arrangement of specimens separated into types.
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