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paroemiology

/pəˌɹiːmiˈɒlədʒi/

paroemiology is the alternative form of paremiology.

Meaning of paremiology

Noun

paremiology (uncountable)

  1. The study of proverbs.
    • In this respect, paremiology can immensely contribute to the more general study of culture from a semiotic point of view, or in a semiotic perspective. But culture is a process, a synchronous snapshot, at best, being subject to constant changes.2015, Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Melita Aleksa Varga, editors, Introduction to Paremiology: A Comprehensive Guide to Proverb Studies, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 107

Questions about paroemiology

What is paroemiology the alternative form of?
Paroemiology is the alternative form of paremiology.
How do you pronounce paroemiology?
Paroemiology is pronounced /pəˌɹiːmiˈɒlədʒi/.

Words near paroemiology in the dictionary

  1. paroemial
  2. paroemias
  3. paroemiography
  4. paroemiologist
  5. paroemiologists
  6. paroemiology
  7. paroicous
  8. paroket
  9. parol
  10. parolable
  11. parole

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paroemiology (page history and authors); paremiology (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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