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polemology

Syllables: po·le·mo·lo·gy/ˌpɒləˈmɒləd͡ʒi/US/ˌpɑləˈmɑləd͡ʒi/

polemology noun: the study of human conflict and war.

Noun

polemology (countable and uncountable, plural polemologies)

  1. The study of human conflict and war.
    • POLEMOLOGY. The Principles of War exhibited in the Practice of the Camp, and as developed in a Series of General Orders of the Duke of Wellington; with parallel Orders of George II. Duke of Marlborough, &c. &c. 8vo.1815 July, “List of New Publications”, in The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature (Series the Fifth), volume II, number I, London: Printed for R. Baldwin, […], →OCLC, page 111, column 1
    • [I]f all the sciences were similarly subdivided, all use in classification would be lost by the multiplicity of the sciences; […] The Destructive, as well as the Industrial, instinct in Man would claim a separate science; and we should have a Polemology or Polemonomy, and about 10,000 other...1870 July 1, Frederic Harrison, “Professor [John Elliott] Cairnes on M. [Auguste] Comte and Political Economy”, in John Morley, editor, The Fortnightly Review, volume VIII (New Series; volume XIV...
    Antonyms:
    irenology

polemology meaning in Tamil

polemology in Tamil

தருக்கப்பயிற்சி நூல்

Examples of polemology in a sentence

  • In the language of international economic relations the use of the terms employed in the field of polemology occurs more and more frequently.1982, Antonio Papisca, “Destructive Effects of International Economic Competition”, in Frans A. M. Alting von Geusau, Jacques Pelkmans...
  • Strategy as calculus on the one hand, and strategy as manipulation/manoeuvre on the other: these are two types presupposing two kinds of polemology.1993, Herman Parret, “Strategic Rationality”, in Stuart Rennie, transl., The Aesthetics of Communication: Pragmatics and Beyond (Library of...
  • Polemology locates popular culture in a long (even archaic and nonhuman) tradition of warfare.2012, Jack Z. Bratich, “Sovereign Networks, Pre-emptive Transgression, Communications Warfare: Case Studies in Social Movement Media”, in...

Antonyms of polemology

Forms of polemology

pluralpolemologies

Origin of polemology

From Ancient Greek πόλεμος (pólemos, “war; battle”) + -logy (suffix indicating the study of a particular subject). The word is cognate with French polémologie. By surface analysis, polemo- + -log + -y.

Words formed from polemology

Words that rhyme with polemology

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Questions about polemology

What does polemology mean?
Polemology means the study of human conflict and war.
What is polemology in Tamil?
Polemology in Tamil is தருக்கப்பயிற்சி நூல். See Polemology meaning in Tamil.
How do you use polemology in a sentence?
In the language of international economic relations the use of the terms employed in the field of polemology occurs more and more frequently.
What part of speech is polemology?
Polemology is a noun.
How do you pronounce polemology?
Polemology is pronounced /ˌpɒləˈmɒləd͡ʒi/ (UK).
What is the plural of polemology?
The plural of polemology is polemologies.

Words near polemology in the dictionary

  1. polemo-
  2. polemoir
  3. polemologies
  4. polemologist
  5. polemologists
  6. polemology
  7. polemomania
  8. Polemon
  9. polemoney
  10. polemoniaceous
  11. polemonium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polemology (page history and authors); polemology (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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