cryptology

[krip-tol-uh-jee]

noun

1. cryptography.

2. the science and study of cryptanalysis and cryptography.

Other Word Forms

• cryptologist noun
• cryptologic adjective
• cryptological adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cryptology¹

From the New Latin word cryptologia, dating back to 1635–45. See crypto-, -logy

Example Sentences

David Kahn, whose 1967 book, “The Codebreakers,” established him as the world’s pre-eminent authority on cryptology — the science of making and breaking secret codes — died on Jan. 24 in the Bronx.

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He was at a cryptology conference a few years ago, when he saw a presentation about Elizebeth Friedman.

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Early exclaims in character, referencing the field of cryptology Swift has created over the years.

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The museum sticks to its mission of explaining cryptology to a broad section of the public.

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In our own time, Renaissance scholarship helped inspire World War II code breaking, while military cryptology techniques were in turn adapted as tools of literary analysis.

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