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textology

/ˌtɛksˈtɒləd͡ʒi/

textology noun: the critical study of a text's creation, transmission, and context.

Noun

textology (uncountable)

  1. The critical study of a text's creation, transmission, and context.
    • Near-synonym: textual criticism

Synonyms of textology

Origin of textology

From text + -ology as a calque of Russian текстоло́гия (tekstológija).

Words formed from textology

Questions about textology

What does textology mean?
Textology means the critical study of a text's creation, transmission, and context.
What part of speech is textology?
Textology is a noun.
How do you pronounce textology?
Textology is pronounced /ˌtɛksˈtɒləd͡ʒi/.

Words near textology in the dictionary

  1. textoids
  2. textological
  3. textologically
  4. textologist
  5. textologists
  6. textology
  7. textome
  8. textomes
  9. texton
  10. textons
  11. textonym

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Adapted from Wiktionary: textology (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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