Ology

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ology \Ol"o*gy\, n. [See {-logy}.]
     A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of
     knowledge.
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           He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology,


           geology, mineralogy, and all other ologies whatsoever.
                                                    --De Quincey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ology
       n : an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending)
           for some unidentified branch of knowledge

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "ology":
     academic discipline, academic specialty, applied science, area,
     arena, art, concern, department of knowledge, discipline, domain,
     field, field of inquiry, field of study, natural science, province,
     pure science, science, social science, specialty, sphere, study,
     technicology, technics, technology