ology

[ ol-uh-jee ]

noun,plural ol·o·gies.Informal or Facetious.
  1. any science or branch of knowledge.

Origin of ology

1
First recorded in 1795–1805; extracted from words like biology, geology, etc., where the element -logy is preceded by the connecting vowel -o-;see -o-

Words Nearby ology

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How to use ology in a sentence

  • Do not shy from study of the science of mind because it is an "ology" and therefore may seem hard.

    Certain Success | Norval A. Hawkins

British Dictionary definitions for ology

ology

/ (ˈɒlədʒɪ) /


nounplural -gies
  1. informal a science or other branch of knowledge

Origin of ology

1
C19: abstracted from words with this ending, such as theology, biology, etc; see -logy

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