OLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ology mean? 

• OLOGY (noun)
  The noun OLOGY has 1 sense:

1. an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge

  Familiarity information: OLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ology" is a kind of...):

bailiwick; discipline; field; field of study; study; subject; subject area; subject field (a branch of knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ology"):

symbology (the study or the use of symbols and symbolism)

 Context examples 

Any one of them knows far more about sociology and all the other ologies than the average captain of industry.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Mr. Davis knew any quantity of Greek, Latin, algebra, and ologies of all sorts so he was called a fine teacher, and manners, morals, feelings, and examples were not considered of any particular importance.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)