OLOGY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ology" is a kind of...):

bailiwick; discipline; field; field of study; study; subject; subject area; subject field (a branch of knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ology"):

symbology (the study or the use of symbols and symbolism)

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