"scatology" meaning in English

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Noun

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”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scatology (countable and uncountable, plural scatologies)
  1. The scientific study or chemical analysis of faeces. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Feces 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), coprología [feminine] (Spanish), skatologi [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scatology-en-noun-HbNEQYbl Disambiguation of Feces: 10 20 36 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 10 35 11 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 40 15 25 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 17 25 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 12 22 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 7 31 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 45 17 23 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 16 23 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 51 13 24 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 51 13 24 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 44 16 29 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 56 12 21 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 44 17 29 10 Disambiguation of 'scientific study of faeces': 68 1 28 2 Disambiguation of 'study or analysis of faeces': 73 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: 10 20 36 34 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: 10 20 36 34 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'interest in or obsession with faeces': 23 1 75 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: 10 20 36 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bovine scatology, scatological Related terms: scatolia, scatologia, scatophilia

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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