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ology

UK/ˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒɪ/ US/ˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ uncommon

noun

1.

an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge

Origin

From the suffix -ology in the names of many sciences.

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