ology
Informal study field
A suffix meaning "study of" or "science of," from Greek *logos* (word, reason).
It appears in countless academic disciplines: biology, psychology, sociology, theology.
Used playfully as a standalone word, an ology is any field of study, especially an academic or scientific one: He's got degrees in three different ologies.
Formal procedural framework
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
analysis · inquiry · investigation · principles · systematic · empirical · observation · hypothesis
Higher education institution
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- professorSenior university teacher
- scholarLearned, studious person
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
thesis · journal · doctorate · faculty · seminar · curriculum · lecture · graduate
Expert in one field
- expertHighly skilled practitioner
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- scholarLearned, studious person
- researcherOne who studies systematically
practitioner · expertise · knowledge · mastery · scholarship · erudition · proficiency · understanding
Study of drug actions
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- criminologyScience of unlawful conduct
- dermatologyStudy of skin ailments
entomology · epidemiology · ethnology · oncology · ornithology · seismology · toxicology · cardiology
Creating new vocabulary items
- terminologySubject-specific vocabulary
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- neologismNewly created expression
- coinageInvented term or currency
methodology
Formal procedural framework
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
taxonomy · analysis · inquiry · investigation · principles · systematic · empirical · observation · hypothesis · paradigm
university
Higher education institution
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- professorSenior university teacher
- scholarLearned, studious person
dissertation · thesis · journal · doctorate · faculty · seminar · curriculum · lecture · graduate · discipline
specialist
Expert in one field
researcher · practitioner · expertise · knowledge · mastery · scholarship · erudition · proficiency · understanding · trained
pharmacology
Study of drug actions
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- criminologyScience of unlawful conduct
dermatology · entomology · epidemiology · ethnology · oncology · ornithology · seismology · toxicology · cardiology · radiology
word-formation
Creating new vocabulary items
- terminologySubject-specific vocabulary
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- neologismNewly created expression
ologyfolk wisdom
Traditional communal knowledge
old wives' tale · common sense · intuition · gut feeling · street smarts
biology, technology, geology, mythology, ecology, psychology, etymology, zoology, theology