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polemology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɒləˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌpɑləˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of human conflict and war.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: irenology

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόλεμος (pólemos, “war; battle”) + -logy (suffix indicating the study of a particular subject). The word is cognate with French polémologie. By surface analysis, polemo- + -log + -y.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: polemologjia — study of human conflict and war
  • Asturian: polemología — study of human conflict and war
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰爭學 /战争学 (zhànzhēngxué) — study of human conflict and war
  • Dutch: polemologie — study of human conflict and war
  • Estonian: polemoloogia — study of human conflict and war
  • Finnish: polemologia — study of human conflict and war
  • French: polémologie — study of human conflict and war
  • Greek: πολεμολογία (polemología) — study of human conflict and war
  • Italian: polemologia — study of human conflict and war
  • Japanese: 戦争学 (sensōgaku) — study of human conflict and war
  • Polish: polemologia — study of human conflict and war
  • Portuguese: polemologia — study of human conflict and war
  • Romanian: polemologie — study of human conflict and war
  • Russian: полемология (polemologija) — study of human conflict and war
  • Serbo-Croatian: polemologija — study of human conflict and war
  • Slovene: polemologija — study of human conflict and war
  • Slovene: spopadoslovje — study of human conflict and war
  • Spanish: polemología — study of human conflict and war
  • Tajik: ҷангшиносӣ (jangšinosi) — study of human conflict and war
  • Ukrainian: полемологія (polemolohija) — study of human conflict and war