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orismology
[ awr-iz-mol-uh-jee, or- ]
noun
- the science of defining the technical or special terms of a particular subject or field of study.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of orismology1
Example Sentences
Orismology, or-is-mol′Å-ji, n. the science of defining technical terms.—adjs.
Lafcadio Hearn, with his shy, sensitive nature, would have shuddered at the "plangent phrases and canorous orismology" that have been bestowed upon him by his friends.
Associated words: nominal, nominally, titular, titulary, onomatology, patronomatology, onomasticon, orismology, pseudepigraphy, pseudonymity, roster, register, née, nomancy, namesake, eponymy, of that ilk, nomenclator, heteronym, synedoche, nominative. name, v. entitle, denominate, style, call, christen, dub, term; designate, specify, nominate. nameless, a. unnamed; undistinguished, inglorious, unknown, obscure; anonymous; unnamable, inexpressible. namelessness, n. anonymity; obscurity. names, n. pl. nomenclature, terminology.
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