Informally, an ology is a field of study or academic discipline ending in the suffix -ology. Such words are formed from Greek or Latin roots with the terminal -ology meaning "words about".
"An ology. He gets an ology and he says he's failed. You get an ology, you're a scientist!" Maureen Lipman, in a 1980s British Telecom TV ad
Here is a list of some ologies (filtered from a word list):
- Anthropology, words about mankind
- Archaeology
- Assyriology, words about the Assyrians
- Astrology, words about stars
- Axiology, the study of the nature of values and value judgements (what does "axios" mean literally?)
- Biology, words about life
- Cardiology, words about the heart
- Climatology, words about the climate
- Cosmology, words about the cosmos
- Cryptology, words about hidden things
- Cytology
- Demonology, words about demons
- Dermatology, the field of medicine that deals with the skin
- Ecology
- Egyptology, words about the ancient Egyptians
- Embryology, words about embryos
- Entomology, words about insects
- Enzymology, words about enzymes
- Epidemiology, words about epidemics
- Epistemology
- Ethnology
- Ethology
- Etymology
- Geochronology
- Geology
- Gerontology
- Haplology
- Herpetology
- Histology
- Horology
- Hydrology
- Lithology
- Meteorology
- Methodology
- Metrology
- Mineralogy
- Morphology
- Musicology
- Mycology
- Mythology
- Neurology, words about nerves
- Neuropathology
- Neurophysiology
- Numerology
- Oncology
- Ontology
- Ophthalmology
- Ornithology, words about birds
- Osteology
- Palaentology
- Parapsychology
- Pathology
- Petrology, words about rocks
- Pharmacology
- Phenomenology
- Philology
- Phonology
- Phraseology
- Physiology, words about bodies
- Psychobiology
- Psychology, words about souls
- Psychophysiology
- Radiology, words about rays
- Rheology
- Seismology
- Serology
- Sexology, the study of sex
- Sociology, words about society
- Technology
- Teleology
- Teratology, literally words about wonders, or monsters
- Theology, words about God
- Topology
- Toxicology, words about poison
- Typology
- Vexillology, the study of flags
- Zoology, words about animals
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