Power Suffixes: -ology

It's always just a line or two that I found from some poem in the gigantic poetry anthology my sophomore English teacher taught from. Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Treuer grew up on the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, part of the Ojibwe tribe, and then pursued a doctorate in anthropology, with an emphasis on past and present native life. Washington Post (Dec 31, 2018)

“It wasn’t until we discovered this wreck that we realised Herodotus was right,” said Dr Damian Robinson, director of Oxford University’s centre for maritime archaeology, which is publishing the excavation’s findings. The Guardian (Mar 17, 2019)

"Originally, at the start of year 12, I chose biology and chemistry because I wanted to do medicine," said Zoe. BBC (Aug 12, 2019)

“Therefore, there is an urgent need to study the ecology, distribution, and conservation status of this rare and very beautiful genus.” Fox News (Jul 23, 2019)

“The study of insects is called ‘entomology,’” Mrs. V said. Out of My Mind

What there is, apparently, is advanced-placement classes in eschatology, because Grizz is able to translate the graffitied words, an Aramaic phrase from the apocalyptic Book of Daniel: “The writing’s on the wall.” The New Yorker (May 22, 2019)

The paper described the condition as “a real syndrome of uncertain etiology,” or cause. Reuters (Aug 24, 2017)

The OED lists its etymology as “uncertain,” but it was apparently coined early in World War II by someone in the Royal Air Force. Washington Post (Dec 8, 2018)

Since the earth is made up mostly of rocks, geology is mostly the study of rocks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story

This, Winston was aware, was not meant altogether seriously, but somehow it fitted in with the general ideology of the Party. 1984

And this is the great principle on which the science of meteorology rests, not only as to winds, but as to weather changes. M'Pherson, J. G.

North Lanarkshire Council questioned the methodology used to conduct the tests and said it was important to wait for the outcome of the review. BBC (Aug 6, 2019)

Based on its preoccupation with matters linguistic and literary— in short, on philology—we might regard the Museum as the world’s first department of classics. Circumference

Anatomy made clear the machinery: physiology the work which it did, and the conditions under which the work was done. Clodd, Edward

“This society is unforgiving, relentless, and the competition is constant,” Andrew Eungi Kim, a sociology professor at Korea University, one of the country’s most elite schools, told me. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

“A tautology is a repetition of the same sense in different words,” he said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

My Oxford dictionary defines “jargon” as “difficult to understand” terminology used by a progression or group. Los Angeles Times (Aug 12, 2019)

With the lay staff gone and only three elderly priests left on the faculty, education at St. Vincent de Paul Academy consisted mostly of theology, Latin, and church history. The Dead and the Gone

The 23-week course includes weekly zoology lectures and behind-the-scenes visits to the animal exhibits. Los Angeles Times (Jul 4, 2019)