ology

English Thesaurus

1. an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field,
definition	:	a branch of knowledge (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	symbology,
definition	:	the study or the use of symbols and symbolism (noun.cognition)