-ology, -logy, -ologist, -logist
(Greek: a suffix meaning: to talk, to speak; a branch of knowledge; any science or academic field that ends in -ology which is a variant of -logy; a person who speaks in a certain manner; someone who deals with certain topics or subjects)
The word -ology is a back-formation from the names of certain disciplines. The -logy element basically means "the study of ____". Such words are formed from Greek or Latin roots with the terminal -logy derived from the Greek suffix -λογια (-logia), speaking, from λεγειν (legein), "to speak".
The suffix -ology is considered to be misleading sometimes as when the "o" is actually part of the word stem that receives the -logy ending; such as, bio + logy.
Through the years -ology and -logy have come to mean, "study of" or "science of" and either of these suffixes often utilize the form of -ologist, "one who (whatever the preceding element refers to)".
The examples shown in this unit represent just a small fraction of the many words that exist in various dictionaries.
symbiology
The study of symbiosis.
symptomatology
1. The study of the relationships between symptoms and diseases.
2. The set of symptoms that are associated with a disease or that affect a patient.
3. The branch of medical science dealing with symptoms.
4. The collective symptoms of a patient or disease.
2. The set of symptoms that are associated with a disease or that affect a patient.
3. The branch of medical science dealing with symptoms.
4. The collective symptoms of a patient or disease.
synaptology
Combined or comparative chronology; arrangement of events according to dates, those of the same date being placed or treated together; a comparative chronology: Mr. Smart wanted his students to create or construct a synchronology by grouping together all the occasions or occurrences in their towns according to the same date.
syndesmology
1. The scientific study of the joints and ligaments of the body.
2. That section of anatomy which deals with the ligaments.
2. That section of anatomy which deals with the ligaments.
syndromology
synecologist (s), synecologists (pl) (noun forms)
1. A student of synecology.
2. Anyone who practices or supports the study of groups of organisms that are associated as a unit or a biological community.
2. Anyone who practices or supports the study of groups of organisms that are associated as a unit or a biological community.
1. The structure, development, and distribution of communities in relation to their environments: Henry has been specializing in synecology at the university because he is convinced that understanding plant and animal communities and their relationships with each other is essential for the proper survival of the ecological systems.
3. A study of the interrelationships among communities of organisms, populations, communities, and systems: The professor told his students that synecology includes the science of all living and relevant nonliving components of natural communities and their relationships with each other.
3. A study of the interrelationships among communities of organisms, populations, communities, and systems: The professor told his students that synecology includes the science of all living and relevant nonliving components of natural communities and their relationships with each other.
synosteology
syphilologist
syphilology
systematology
The study of interrelationships, or interdependencies, especially of the whole: Syszgiology deals with the total unit as opposed to the study of separate parts or isolated functions.
tautologist
Someone who uses tautological words or phrases.
tautology, tautologies
1. The needless repetition of an idea; especially, in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman”.
2. The redundant repetition of a meaning in a sentence, using different words.
3. In rhetoric, a tautology is the use of redundant language in speech or writing, or, put simply, "saying the same thing twice".
4. In logic: a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true, as “A or not A”; a proposition or statement that, in itself, is logically true; as, "Today, that competing swimmer will win or will not win."
2. The redundant repetition of a meaning in a sentence, using different words.
3. In rhetoric, a tautology is the use of redundant language in speech or writing, or, put simply, "saying the same thing twice".
4. In logic: a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true, as “A or not A”; a proposition or statement that, in itself, is logically true; as, "Today, that competing swimmer will win or will not win."
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.":
cit-;
clam-;
dic-;
fa-;
-farious;
glosso-;
glotto-;
lalo-;
linguo-;
locu-;
logo-;
loqu-;
mythico-;
ora-;
-phasia;
-phemia;
phon-;
phras-;
Quotes: Language,Part 1;
Quotes: Language, Part 2;
Quotes: Language, Part 3;
serm-;
tongue;
voc-.
