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/ˈɒləd͡ʒi/ · suffix
Alternative form of -logy, used for phonological reasons when the preceding morpheme ends in certain consonant sounds..
Qell, he knows all about mineralogy, and geology, and astrology, and every thing a'most, except what he ought to know, and that is dollar-ology.
...so long as a mere human word-ology is suffered to remain here, clogging all with its deadly impotence...
It seems he'd been making original researches in anthropology, or folk-lore-ology, or something like that.
He gets an -ology and says he failed!
Yet it is interesting to research the tattoo-ology of Katona right after a yoga class.
Use -ology when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
-ology means Alternative form of -logy, used for phonological reasons when the preceding morpheme ends in certain consonant sounds..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Qell, he knows all about mineralogy, and geology, and astrology, and every thing a'most, except what he ought to know, and that is dollar-ology.
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