Philology Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ology

Philology has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

the humanistic study of language and literature

linguistics philology

The humanistic study of historical linguistics.

See Also

literary criticism humanistic linguistics philological philosophy historical lower criticism classical studies

Related Terms

literary criticism humanistic linguistics philological philosophy historical lower criticism classical studies higher criticism wolfian textual criticism logy speechlore philologist

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

humanistic discipline

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

dialectology lexicology

Rhyming Words

dogy fogy bogy logy pogy ology loogy elogy boogy alogy agogy dilogy oölogy oology eulogy perogy urology geology analogy trilogy

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