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politology

politology noun: the branch of social science concerned with theory, description, analysis and prediction of political behavior, political systems and politics broadly-construed.

Noun

politology (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The branch of social science concerned with theory, description, analysis and prediction of political behavior, political systems and politics broadly-construed.

Synonyms of politology

Origin of politology

From polit(ics) + -ology, compare German Politologie.

Questions about politology

What does politology mean?
Politology means the branch of social science concerned with theory, description, analysis and prediction of political behavior, political systems and politics broadly-construed.
What part of speech is politology?
Politology is a noun.

Words near politology in the dictionary

  1. politocracy
  2. politocratic
  3. politological
  4. politologist
  5. politologists
  6. politology
  7. politonym
  8. politonyms
  9. Politos
  10. politotdel
  11. politotdeli

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