ology
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɒlədʒɪ/
  • (GA) enPR: ŏʹlə-jē, IPA: /ˈɑlədʒi/
Noun

ology (plural ologies)

  1. (colloquial) Any branch of learning, especially one ending in “-logy”.
    • William Beckford (novelist)
      Dr Ehrhart protested no country under the sun equalled Portugal for curiosities in mineralogy, theology, and wineology – which ology he was convinced was the best of them all.
    • 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!
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