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-ology

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-ology

  • /ˈɒləd͡ʒi/ UK
  • /ˈɑləd͡ʒi/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • /ˈɒləd͡ʒi/ Boston, Canada, Maine
  • /ˈɔləd͡ʒi/ Australia
  • [ˈɔ̟ləd͡ʒi] New Zealand

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  1. alternative, morpheme Alternative form of -logy, used for phonological reasons when the preceding morpheme ends in certain consonant sounds.
  2. humorous, morpheme, often added to an ordinary English word to create a name for a (possibly non-existent) field of study. Qell, he knows all about mineralogy, and geology, and astrology, and every thing a'most, except what he ought to know, and that is dollar-ology.

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Español-ología
日本語学 -gaku
中文學 /学 xué, 研究 yánjiū
Português-ologia
Français-ologie
Deutsch-ologie
Italiano-ologia
Ελληνικά-ο--λογία -logía
Română-ologie
Русский-оло́гия -ológija
Tiếng Việthọc nghiên cứu
עברית־ולוגיה -ológya

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"-ology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-ology. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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-ology. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-ology

Chicago

"-ology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-ology.

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@misc{ology_2026,
  title = {-ology},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ology},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}