logology

English

Etymology

logo- +‎ -ology. In the sense “recreational linguistics” popularized by Dmitri Borgmann in Language on Vacation (1965).

Noun

logology (countable and uncountable, plural logologies)

1. (obsolete) Scientific study of words.

   Synonym: lexicology

2. The study of logos.
3. The study of words for recreational purposes with an emphasis on letter patterns.

   Synonym: recreational linguistics

4. (religion) The study of words in search for divine truth, compare numerology.

Derived terms

• logological

Translations

scientific study of words

• Finnish: sanaoppi
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study of logos

• Finnish: logotutkimus
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study of words for recreation

• Finnish: sanaseppoilu
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religion: study of words in search for God

• Finnish: logologia
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Further reading

• logology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia