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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