logology
English
Etymology
logo- + -ology. In the sense “recreational linguistics” popularized by Dmitri Borgmann in Language on Vacation (1965).
Noun
logology (countable and uncountable, plural logologies)
- (obsolete) Scientific study of words.
- Synonym: lexicology
- The study of logos.
- The study of words for recreational purposes with an emphasis on letter patterns.
- Synonym: recreational linguistics
- (religion) The study of words in search for divine truth, compare numerology.
Derived terms
Translations
scientific study of words
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study of logos
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study of words for recreation
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religion: study of words in search for God
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