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symbology

[ sim-bol-uh-jee ]

/ sɪmˈbɒl ə dʒi /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR symbology ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

the study of symbols.

the use of symbols; symbolism.

Origin of symbology

1830–40; by haplology, symbolo- (combining form of symbol) + -logy

OTHER WORDS FROM symbology

sym·bo·log·i·cal

[sim-buh-loj-i-kuh l] /ˌsɪm bəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, adjective sym·bol·o·gist, noun

Words nearby symbology

symbolism, symbolist, symbolist movement, symbolization, symbolize, symbology, symbrachydactyly, symington, symmachus, symmetalism, symmetallism

Example sentences from the Web for symbology

We speak to you now through hypnotic pictures which you are translating into the symbology of your own society.

Adolescents Only |Irving E. Cox
This symbology is universal, because it is fundamentally true.

Avatras |Annie Besant
They must have a symbology for the calibration of scientific instruments.

Anything You Can Do ... |Gordon Randall Garrett
The primitive church was not so forgetful of symbology as are the majority of the Christian faith to-day.

Simon Magus |George Robert Stow Mead

Of course the other party had their symbology too—like the Teapot Celebration.

The House from Nowhere |Arthur G. Stangland

British Dictionary definitions for symbology

symbology

/ (sɪmˈbɒlədʒɪ) /

noun

the use, study, or interpretation of symbols

Derived forms of symbology

symbological (ˌsɪmbəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjective symbologist, noun