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pædology

pædology is the alternative spelling of pedology.

Meaning of pedology

Noun (1)

pedology (uncountable)

  1. The sub-discipline of soil science that studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification, or studies the soil profiles or solum in its natural setting.

Noun (2)

pedology (uncountable)

  1. The study of the behaviour and development of children.

Origin of pædology

From pædo- + -logy.

Questions about pædology

What is pædology the alternative spelling of?
Pædology is the alternative spelling of pedology.

Words near pædology in the dictionary

  1. pædobaptist
  2. pædobaptists
  3. pædogenesis
  4. pædologist
  5. pædologists
  6. pædology
  7. pædometer
  8. pædometers
  9. pædomorphic
  10. pædopathy
  11. pædophile

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pædology (page history and authors); pedology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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