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polylogy

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Australia/pəˈlɪlədʒiː/

polylogy noun: a set of two or more works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.

Noun

polylogy (usually uncountable, plural polylogies)

  1. (rare, usually) A set of two or more works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
    • These works […] appear, upon closer scrutiny, to be dramatic, and are actually the seventh and eighth parts of an "ennealogy" (as it were), perhaps polylogy, for dramas in Japan frequently are protracted to such lengths.1871 August Pfizmaier http://books.google.com/books?id=VHioUYa3a9UC&pg=PA76&dq=ennealogy
  2. (rare, usually) Talkativeness.

Forms of polylogy

pluralpolylogies

Origin of polylogy

From poly- + -logy.

Questions about polylogy

What does polylogy mean?
Polylogy means a set of two or more works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
What part of speech is polylogy?
Polylogy is a noun.
How do you pronounce polylogy?
Polylogy is pronounced /pəˈlɪlədʒiː/ (Australia).
What is the plural of polylogy?
The plural of polylogy is polylogies.

Words near polylogy in the dictionary

  1. polylogists
  2. polyloglog
  3. polylogs
  4. polylogue
  5. polylogues
  6. polylogy
  7. polyloquent
  8. polylysine
  9. polylysines
  10. polylysogenic
  11. polymacrocycle

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