"iconology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /aɪkəˈnɒlədʒi/ [UK] Forms: iconologies [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “icon”) + -logy. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|εἰκών||icon}} Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “icon”), {{m|en|-logy}} -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} iconology (countable and uncountable, plural iconologies)
  1. The study of icons in art or art history. Wikipedia link: iconology Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: iconological, iconologist, iconography Translations (the study of icons): 圖像學 (Chinese Mandarin), 图像学 (túxiàngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), iconologie [common-gender] (Dutch), ikonologia (Finnish), 図像解釈学 (zuzōkaishakugaku) (alt: ずぞうかいしゃくがく) (Japanese), イコノロジー (ikonorojī) (Japanese), пұттану (pūttanu) (Kazakh), ikonologia [feminine] (Polish), iconología [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-iconology-en-noun-4ZWT71CS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

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