What’s your favorite -ology? Perhaps alethiology, the study of truth, from the Greek alethia? Theologians might concern themselves with naology, the study of holy buildings. This is part of a complete episode.
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You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Martha Barnette.
And I’m Grant Barrett. Martha, how about a quiz?
Bring it on.
All right. I knew you’d be game for this.
Okay.
And it plays to your strengths, and that’s a clue on the answers, okay?
My strengths. Which ones?
Your classical training. We all know that theology is the study of God and religion, right?
Right. Right. From the Greek for God, yeah.
Okay. But what is aletheology?
Aletheology.
A-L-E-T-H-I-O-L-O-G-Y. Aletheology.
Okay, I’m betting that’s the study of truth from Greek aletheia.
Yeah, very good.
Exactly right.
The study of truth.
It’s the kind of thing that you might do in philosophy.
Okay.
I’ve got a couple others.
They’re vaguely related.
See if you can get these as well.
These are other ologies?
Other ologies.
They’re all ologies.
What is naology?
N-A-O-L-O-G-Y.
Naology.
I should know that.
Naology.
The study of people who say no.
The study of horses.
The study of…
No, no.
Very far.
Cold, cold.
Very far away.
It’s the study of holy buildings, like churches.
Here’s one more.
Okay.
I’m not sure I’m pronouncing this correctly, but it’s hamartiology.
H-A-M-A-R-T-I-O-L-O-G-Y.
I’m all too familiar with that.
That has to do with sin, right?
The study of sin, right?
You’ve got to pull out your St. Augustine for that.
What is the nature of sin?
I’ve got a ton of ologies.
We’ll talk about more of them later in the show.
All right.
That sounds great.
Lexicology, dialectology, whatever your ology, give us a call 877-929-9673 or email us words@waywordradio.org.
