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Word of the Day – Polemology

By August 20, 2022Word of the Day

Polemology (noun)

pol-e-mol-e-jee

The study of war, especially as an academic discipline.

1930s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From ancient Greek πολεμο-, combining form (in e.g. πολεμοποιός making war) of πόλεμος war + -logy.

Example sentences

“As an expert in polemolegy, I wasn’t about to argue with him.

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