Thesaurus:study

THESAURUS

study

English

Noun

Sense: acquiring knowledge on a subject through research

Synonyms

• study
• inquiry
• investigation
• exploration

Hyponyms

Top level

• science    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mathematics    [⇒ thesaurus]
• humanities    [⇒ thesaurus]

Level 2

• natural science    [⇒ thesaurus]
• social science    [⇒ thesaurus]
• philosophy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• philology    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• activity    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

Contrasting fields

• pseudoscience
• astrology
• numerology

Related concepts

• knowledge    [⇒ thesaurus]
• learning
• education    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “461. inqury” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “study” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• "field of study" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• Wikidata:academic discipline
• Disciplinary Variations in Publicly Engaged Scholarship: An Analysis Using the Biglan Classification of Academic Disciplines
• Taxonomy of Fields and Their Subfields - Assessing Research-Doctorate Programs - NCBI Bookshelf, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• TABLE B-1. Classification of fields of study, nsf.gov