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ufology

US/ˌjuːˈfɑləd͡ʒi/

ufology noun: the study of UFOs.

Noun (1)

ufology (countable and uncountable, plural ufologies)

  1. The study of UFOs.
    • I'm an expert in my field
      Ufology, yes, it's all real
      Ancient aliens, it's all true
      I'm an expert just like you2016, Neil Cicierega, “Touch-Tone Telephone”, in Spirit Phone, performed by Lemon Demon

Noun (2) capitalized: UFOlogy

UFOlogy (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of ufology.
    • Seventies UFO fans also referred to “close encounters,” including the consciousness-raising “close encounter of the third kind,” in which humans and aliens meet. But UFOlogy has gone through a radical change, and in the Nineties the terms of the past are largely obsolete. During the past decade...1990 December, D. Stacy, T. Sanda, “The alien almanac”, in Omni, volume 13, number 3, pages 97–105
    • If you have wondered why the government has never come clean on the subject of flying saucers, maybe you should consider why we never take the trouble to brief cows on the reason for their existence. I can guess at least one question you might have by this point: “How extreme can this stuff get...1992 November/December, Brian Siano, “Hanging’ with Zontar at the Grassy Knoll”, in The Humanist, volume 52, number 6, pages 43–46

Forms of ufology

pluralufologies
alternative formUFOlogy
alternative formUFO-logy

Origin of ufology

From UFO + -logy.

Words formed from ufology

Questions about ufology

What does ufology mean?
Ufology means the study of UFOs.
What part of speech is ufology?
Ufology is a noun.
How do you pronounce ufology?
Ufology is pronounced /ˌjuːˈfɑləd͡ʒi/ (US).
What is the plural of ufology?
The plural of ufology is ufologies.

Words near ufology in the dictionary

  1. ufological
  2. ufologically
  3. ufologies
  4. ufologist
  5. ufologists
  6. ufology
  7. ufonaut
  8. ufonauts
  9. ufos
  10. ufra
  11. UFS

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ufology (page history and authors); UFOlogy (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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