Definition of LOGOLOGY

logology

Meanings

Plural: logologies

Noun

  • The scientific study of words.
  • The study of logos (visual symbols or emblems).
  • The study of words for recreational purposes with an emphasis on letter patterns.
  • The study of words in search for divine truth.
  • The field of recreational linguistics.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

lexicology, recreational linguistics

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