cryptology
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cryptology
- /kɹɪpˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/ UK
- /kɹɪpˈtɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ US
Rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
Where it comes from
From crypto- + -logy, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”); originally after Latin cryptologia, which is apparently first recorded in an English context.
noun cryptologies
- The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories. Meronyms: cryptography, cryptanalysis; encoding, decoding; encrypting, decrypting, decyphering
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The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
Near-synonyms: cryptanalysis, decoding, decrypting, decyphering
Similar: cryptanalysis, decoding, decrypting, decyphering
- Secret or enigmatical language. But the question of speech-play causes confusion to the slang researcher because this subject borders on family slang, private lingo, secret language, cryptologies, disguised language of children and grown-ups
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noun practice
| Español | criptología |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 暗号学 angōgaku |
| 中文 | 密碼學 /密码学 mìmǎxué, 密码术 mìmǎshù |
| Português | criptologia |
| Français | cryptologie |
| Deutsch | Kryptologie |
| Italiano | crittologia |
| Русский | криптоло́гия kriptológija |
Talk about this word "cryptology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cryptology. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cryptology. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cryptology "cryptology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cryptology.Cite this
@misc{cryptology_2026,
title = {cryptology},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cryptology},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
