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paidology

paidology is the alternative form 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.

Questions about paidology

What is paidology the alternative form of?
Paidology is the alternative form of pedology.

Words near paidology in the dictionary

  1. paideutics
  2. paidia
  3. paidological
  4. paidologist
  5. paidologists
  6. paidology
  7. paidonosology
  8. paidopsychology
  9. paidst
  10. paifang
  11. paifangs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paidology (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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