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phe·nom·e·nol·o·gy
 phenomenology
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
the philosophical study of phenomena, esp. of subjective perceptual experience, as distinguished from ontology, the study of being.
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adjective + (n.)phenomenology
characteristic, cultural, early, environmental, everyday, explanatory, french, fundamental, german, individual, interested, later, literary, modern, moral, philosophical, precise, religious, scientific, thomistic
verb + (n.)phenomenology
apply, describe, develop, draw, form, present, propose, represent
noun + (n.)phenomenology
approach,
attempt,
consciousness,
context,
dimension,
discovery,
empiricism,
existentialism,
grace,
imagination,
influenza,
interest,
interpretation,
language,
lecture,
making,
matter,
method,
note,
novel,
particle,
passage,
perception,
perspective,
philosophy,
physicist,
psychoanalysis,
psychology,
reading,
reception,
religion,
science,
semiotics,
speech,
spirit,
structuralism,
subjectivity,
success,
theory,
tradition,
violence
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| derivations: |
phenomenologic (adj.), phenomenological (adj.), phenomenologically (adv.) |
The word phenomenology
contains the following part:
-logy, -ology
Greek
noun-forming suffix
that means study of, science of; written work; structure or principle
  More about this word part:
The suffix -logy
, -ology
forms nouns from bases that are predominantly Greek roots. It is a terminal form of the root log, logo, -logue which in the vast majority cases signifies the study or science of the subject indicated by the base. In some words, however, -ology
carries the meaning "written work" ( trilogy
) or "structure" ( homology
). See log, logo, -logue. Most nouns ending in -logy
, -ology
have an adjective form ending in "-ical." ( dermatology
, dermatological).
Example words:
aerobiology, aerology, agrobiology, analogy, anesthesiology, anthology, anthropology, apology, archeology, astrology, audiology, axiology, bacteriology, biology, bryology, cardiology, chronology, climatology, conchology, cosmetology, cosmology, craniology, criminology, cytology, demonology, dendrology, dermatology, doxology, ecology, Egyptology, embryology, endocrinology, entomology, enzymology, epistemology, ethnology, ethnomusicology, ethology, etiology, etymology, eulogy, exobiology, gemology, genealogy, geochronology, geology, geomorphology, gerontology, glaciology, graphology, gynecology, hagiology, hematology, herpetology, histology, homology, horology, hypnology, ichthyology, iconology, ideology, immunology, kinesiology, lithology, malacology, mammalogy, martyrology, methodology, microbiology, mineralogy, morphology, musicology, mycology, mythology, necrology, nephrology, neurology, numerology, oceanology, odontology, oenology, oncology, ontology, oology, ophiology, ornithology, osteology, otology, paleethnology, paleontology, parapsychology, pathology, penology, petrology, pharmacology, phenomenology, philology, phonology, phraseology, phrenology, physiology, pomology, primatology, proctology, psychology, psychopathology, psychopharmacology, radiobiology, radiology, scatology, seismology, serology, sexology, Sinology, sociobiology, sociology, somatology, speleology, symbology, symptomatology, tautology, technology, teleology, teratology, terminology, tetralogy, thanatology, theology, topology, trilogy, tropology, typology, urbanology, urology, virology, zoology, zymology
- synonyms:
- -ics
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