Semasiological

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

  Semasiology \Se*ma`si*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. shmasi`a signification +
     -logy.] (Philol.)
     The science of meanings or sense development (of words); the
     explanation of the development and changes of the meanings of
     words; -- more commonly referred to as {semantics}. --
     {Se*ma`si*o*log"ic*al}, a.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]