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Webster 1913 Edition

Ology

Ol′o-gy

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Noun.

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A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.

He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology, geology, mineralogy, and all other

ologies

whatsoever.

De Quincey.

Definition 2024

ology

ology

See also: -ology

English

Noun

ology ‎(plural ologies)

(colloquial) Any branch of learning, especially one ending in “-logy”.
- 1854: Charles Dickens, Hard Times
  You learnt a great deal, Louisa, and so did your brother. Ologies of all kinds, from morning to night. If there is an Ology left, of any description, that has not been worn to rags...
- 1902: William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience
  The ideal world, for them, is not a world of facts, but only of the meaning of facts; it is a point of view for judging facts. It appertains to a different "-ology," ...
- 1987, British Telecom, "Beatrice Bellman advertisement":
  An ology! He gets an ology and he says he's failed. You get an ology, you're a scientist!

Related terms

-logy