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typology

  • /taɪˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

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noun typologies

  1. countable, uncountable The study of symbolic representation, especially of the origin and meaning of Scripture types.
  2. countable, uncountable The doctrine of Scripture types or figures.
  3. countable, uncountable Classification of artefacts according to their characteristics.
  4. countable, uncountable Classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to ancestrality like Romance languages).

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noun study of symbolic representation, especially of Scripture types

Portuguêstipologia

noun systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics

Españoltipología
中文類型學 /类型学 lèixíngxué
Portuguêstipologia
Françaistypologie
Italianotipologia
Русскийтиполо́гия tipológija

noun result of the classification of things according to their characteristics

Portuguêstipologia
Françaistypologie

noun doctrine of Scriptural types

Portuguêstipologia

noun classification of languages

中文語言類型學 /语言类型学
Françaistypologie

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@misc{typology_2026,
  title = {typology},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/typology},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}