Ology Definition

ŏlə-jē
ologies
noun
A branch of learning; science.
Webster's New World
affix
Webster's New World
suffix
Alternative form of -logy, used for phonological reasons when the preceding morpheme ends in certain consonant sounds.
Wiktionary
(often humorous) Added to an ordinary English word to create a name for a (possibly non-existent) field of study.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Ology

Noun

Singular:
ology
Plural:
ologies

Origin of Ology

  • From the suffix -ology in the names of many sciences

    From Wiktionary

  • -o- (“(interconsonantal)") + -logy.

    From Wiktionary

  • initial medial -o- + -logy

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • From –ology

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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