ology

American  

[ol-uh-jee] / ˈɒl ə dʒi /

noun

Informal or Facetious.

plural

ologies

1. any science or branch of knowledge.

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ology British  

/ ˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. informal a science or other branch of knowledge

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Etymology

Origin of ology

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

Example Sentences

On the other side were 1,000,000 dissident Berbers, led by two of Ben Bella's wartime comrades whose ide ology is vague, but who oppose his ruthless power drive and his economically disastrous rule.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Elizabethan is a foreign language to them," says Epis copal Priest Walter Smith of Atlanta, speaking of couples who want to re write the service in their own phrase ology.

From Time Magazine Archive

But there is something--not an ology at all--that your father has missed, or forgotten.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

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

From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.

When quite a schoolgirl she used to say, with that masterful toss of her head, 'I am quite determined that I will understand and master every "ology" under the sun!'

From The Carved Cupboard by Le Feuvre, Amy