logologyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

logology (countable and uncountable, plural logologies)

1. (now uncommon) The scientific study of words.

   Synonym: lexicology

2. The study of logos (visual symbols or emblems).
3. The study of words for recreational purposes with an emphasis on letter patterns.

   Synonym: recreational linguistics

   • 1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical Oddities, Scribner, page 124:

     [Another] such curiosity may be stumbled upon by someone interested in logology and in command of more than one language.

4. (religion) The study of words in search for divine truth.

   Coordinate term: numerology

5. (linguistics) The field of recreational linguistics.

派生語

Further reading

• logology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia