English Explanatory Dictionary

micrology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture.
  2. That part of science that deals with microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation; microscopy.

Word forms

micrology micrologies

Etymology

Sense 1 is borrowed directly from Ancient Greek μικρολογία (mikrología, “pettiness, stinginess, triviality”), with the suffix reinterpreted as -logy. Sense 2 is micro- + -logy, effectively the same etymological components.

Derived words

micrologic micrologist
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