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GARBOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does garbology mean?
• GARBOLOGY (noun)
The noun GARBOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the study of a society by analyzing its garbage
Familiarity information: GARBOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of a society by analyzing its garbage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("garbology" is a kind of...):
cultural anthropology; social anthropology (the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society)
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