"scatology" meaning in All languages combined

See scatology on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: scatologies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκῶρ (skôr, “excrement”) + -ology. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|σκῶρ||excrement}} Ancient Greek σκῶρ (skôr, “excrement”), {{m|en|-ology}} -ology Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scatology (countable and uncountable, plural scatologies)
  1. The scientific study or chemical analysis of faeces. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (scientific study of faeces): coprology Translations (study or analysis of faeces): scatologie [feminine] (French), Koprologie [feminine] (German), Skatologie [feminine] (German), scatologia [feminine] (Italian), スカトロジー (sukatorojī) (Japanese), escatologia [feminine] (Portuguese), escatología [feminine] (Spanish), skatologi [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scatology-en-noun-HbNEQYbl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 10 39 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 23 29 30 Disambiguation of 'scientific study of faeces': 75 1 22 2 Disambiguation of 'study or analysis of faeces': 74 1 24 2
  2. A filthy epithet. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Feces Translations (filthy epithet): Fäkalsprache [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-scatology-en-noun-okSPlWol Disambiguation of Feces: 8 24 35 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 10 39 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 23 29 30 Disambiguation of 'filthy epithet': 0 93 3 3
  3. (psychology, medicine) Interest in or obsession with faeces or other excrement. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Psychology, Feces Synonyms (interest in or obsession with faeces): coprophilia
    Sense id: en-scatology-en-noun-Y3BrcAis Disambiguation of Feces: 8 24 35 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 10 39 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 23 29 30 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'interest in or obsession with faeces': 22 1 76 1
  4. Literature, humor, or pornography featuring excrement or excreting. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Feces
    Sense id: en-scatology-en-noun-PZnLjhRi Disambiguation of Feces: 8 24 35 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 10 39 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 23 29 30 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 20 25 20 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bovine scatology, scatological Related terms: scatolia, scatologia, scatophilia

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