Meaning & use
Xenology
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The hypothetical scientific study of extraterrestrial life, cultures, or phenomena.
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The novel imagined a future academic discipline of xenology devoted entirely to alien biology.
Science fiction writers often invent xenology departments to add realism to their depictions of interstellar contact.
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Coined from Greek "xenos" (stranger, foreigner) and "-logy" (study of); it remains a speculative field since no confirmed extraterrestrial life has been found.
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