See logology on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for logology meaning in All languages combined (4.6kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "logological"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "logo",
"3": "ology"
},
"expansion": "logo- + -ology",
"name": "confix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "logo- + -ology. In the sense “recreational linguistics” popularized by Dmitri Borgmann in Language on Vacation (1965).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "logologies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "logology (countable and uncountable, plural logologies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 24 25 8 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ology",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The scientific study of words."
],
"id": "en-logology-en-noun-Icv3AuWG",
"links": [
[
"scientific",
"scientific"
],
[
"words",
"word"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now uncommon) The scientific study of words."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lexicology"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncommon",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "70 4 13 13 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "scientific study of words",
"word": "sanaoppi"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "7 25 28 5 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 37 16 12 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with logo-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 24 25 8 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ology",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The study of logos (visual symbols or emblems)."
],
"id": "en-logology-en-noun-AIrMsqDm",
"links": [
[
"logo",
"logo"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "11 68 10 11 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "study of logos",
"word": "logotutkimus"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "7 25 28 5 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 24 25 8 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ology",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical Oddities, Scribner, page 124",
"text": "[Another] such curiosity may be stumbled upon by someone interested in logology and in command of more than one language.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The study of words for recreational purposes with an emphasis on letter patterns."
],
"id": "en-logology-en-noun-ZonGrbk2",
"links": [
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"pattern",
"pattern"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "recreational linguistics"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Religion",
"orig": "en:Religion",
"parents": [
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: numerology"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The study of words in search for divine truth."
],
"id": "en-logology-en-noun-~TtJMid2",
"links": [
[
"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"divine",
"divine"
],
[
"truth",
"truth"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(religion) The study of words in search for divine truth."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle",
"religion"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "27 8 19 45 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "religion: study of words in search for God",
"word": "logologia"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Linguistics",
"orig": "en:Linguistics",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "7 25 28 5 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 24 25 8 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ology",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The field of recreational linguistics."
],
"id": "en-logology-en-noun-se0SPHYE",
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"field",
"field"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) The field of recreational linguistics."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "34 9 31 24 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "study of words for recreation",
"word": "sanaseppoilu"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Dmitri Borgmann",
"Language on Vacation"
],
"word": "logology"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with logo-",
"English terms suffixed with -ology",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "logological"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "logo",
"3": "ology"
},
"expansion": "logo- + -ology",
"name": "confix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "logo- + -ology. In the sense “recreational linguistics” popularized by Dmitri Borgmann in Language on Vacation (1965).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "logologies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "logology (countable and uncountable, plural logologies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with uncommon senses"
],
"glosses": [
"The scientific study of words."
],
"links": [
[
"scientific",
"scientific"
],
[
"words",
"word"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now uncommon) The scientific study of words."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lexicology"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncommon",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The study of logos (visual symbols or emblems)."
],
"links": [
[
"logo",
"logo"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical Oddities, Scribner, page 124",
"text": "[Another] such curiosity may be stumbled upon by someone interested in logology and in command of more than one language.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The study of words for recreational purposes with an emphasis on letter patterns."
],
"links": [
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"pattern",
"pattern"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "recreational linguistics"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Religion"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: numerology"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The study of words in search for divine truth."
],
"links": [
[
"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"divine",
"divine"
],
[
"truth",
"truth"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(religion) The study of words in search for divine truth."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Linguistics"
],
"glosses": [
"The field of recreational linguistics."
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"field",
"field"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) The field of recreational linguistics."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "scientific study of words",
"word": "sanaoppi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "study of logos",
"word": "logotutkimus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "study of words for recreation",
"word": "sanaseppoilu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "religion: study of words in search for God",
"word": "logologia"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Dmitri Borgmann",
"Language on Vacation"
],
"word": "logology"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.