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tricknollogy

tricknollogy is the obsolete spelling of tricknology.

Meaning of tricknology

Noun

tricknology (countable and uncountable, plural tricknologies)

  1. (derogatory, Nation of Islam) Tactics employed by white people to subjugate black people.
    • In the genetic universe of Yakub's tricknology, such duping assumes the form of offspring whose ultimate purpose is to wreak havoc on their forebears.1998, Michael Lieb, Children of Ezekiel, page 143
  2. (broadly) Synonym of trickery.
    • That's all gone, as is the unit rule, the favorite son, hokey floor demonstrations, and much of the rest of the tricknology and sham that have helped make political conventions, dull, disreputable, infuriating, and undemocratic.1971 September, Nicholas von Hoffman, “Looking For Presidents”, in Robert Shnayerson, editor, Harper's Magazine, volume 243, number 1456, New York: Harper's Magazine Company, page 40
    Synonyms:
    trickery

Forms of tricknollogy

pluraltricknollogies

Questions about tricknollogy

What is tricknollogy the obsolete spelling of?
Tricknollogy is the obsolete spelling of tricknology.

Words near tricknollogy in the dictionary

  1. tricklings
  2. tricklining
  3. trickly
  4. trickment
  5. trickments
  6. tricknollogy
  7. tricknologies
  8. tricknology
  9. trickproof
  10. tricks
  11. tricks of the light

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tricknollogy (page history and authors); tricknology (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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