Meaning & use
-ology
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A suffix meaning 'the study of' or 'the science of,' used to form the names of fields of study, such as biology or geology.
See it in a sentence
Adding '-ology' to 'psych' gives you 'psychology,' the study of the mind.
Nearly every science ends in '-ology,' from zoology to climatology.
A note on using this word
Informally, British English sometimes uses 'ology' on its own as a jokey noun for any academic subject, as in 'she's got an ology.'
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