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kalology

kalology noun: the study of beauty; aesthetics.

Noun

kalology (uncountable)

  1. The study of beauty; aesthetics
    • They are the questions of methodology, of metaphysics, and of kalology. First: What are the ways in which we should attain and verify our knowledge, and how should we interpret truth when we have attained it — as subjective and dependent upon our minds, or as objective and identical with reality?1950, William Pepperell Montague, Great visions of philosophy

Origin of kalology

From Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) kalo- + -logy.

Questions about kalology

What does kalology mean?
Kalology means the study of beauty; aesthetics.
What part of speech is kalology?
Kalology is a noun.

Words near kalology in the dictionary

  1. Kalo Finnish Romani
  2. Kalo Nero
  3. kaloama
  4. Kalogeropoulos
  5. kalokagathia
  6. kalology
  7. Kalomo
  8. Kalomoira
  9. kalon
  10. kalong
  11. kalongs

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