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typology

Pronunciation: /tʌɪˈpɒlədʒi/
Definition of typology

noun (plural typologies)

  • 1a classification according to general type, especially in archaeology, psychology, or the social sciences:a typology of Saxon cremation vessels
  • [mass noun] study or analysis using a classification according to a general type.
  • 2 [mass noun] the study and interpretation of types and symbols, originally especially in the Bible.

Derivatives

typological

adjective

typologist

noun

Origin:

mid 19th century (in sense 2): from Greek tupos 'type' + -logy

typology in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of typology in the US English dictionary
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