logological

English

WOTD – 24 October 2010

Etymology

From logology +‎ -ical.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌlɒɡ.əʊˈlɒdʒ.ɪk.əl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌlɑɡ.oʊˈlɑdʒ.ɨ.kəl/

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Adjective

logological (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to logology; related to the study of words.
2. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to conceptual patterns or mental categories of words and their referents.
   • 2007, Rafael Art Javier, The Bilingual Mind: Thinking, feeling and speaking in two languages, page 26

     When the "particular-experiential structures" (infralogical structures) are encoded and organized into kinds (or classes, relations, or propositions), logological structures are said to be in place.

3. (theology, philosophy, rare) Of or pertaining to the doctrine of logos.

Related terms

• logologist
• logology

Translations

of or pertaining to logology

• Finnish: sanaopillinen, sanaseppomainen

linguistics: of or pertaining to conceptual patterns or mental categories of words

• Finnish: sanaopillinen

theology: of or pertaining to the doctrine of logos

• Finnish: logologinen

See also

• logologic