"ghostology" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1908, H. Addington Bruce, “The Ghost Seen by Lord Brougham”, in Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters",
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          "ref": "1957, William L. Fischer, Critical Notes on Evolution, page 30",
          "text": "Experts in ghostology know exactly, where ghosts live, how they behave, how to deal with them, how to make them appear and disappear.",
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        "The knowledge, or study of ghosts or spirits; the science of the supernatural; spiritism."
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  "word": "ghostology"
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