axiology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄξιος (áxios, “worthy”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”).

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Noun

axiology (countable and uncountable, plural axiologies)

1. (uncountable, philosophy) The study of value(s), as regards origin, nature, functions, types, and interrelations; value theory.
2. (countable) The particular value-theory of a philosopher, school of thought, etc.

   In his axiology, G. E. Moore maintains that "good" is the name of a simple, indefinable quality.

Related terms

• axiological
• axiologist
• axiologization

Translations

value theory

• Dutch: axiologie (nl) f
• Finnish: arvoteoria (fi)
• French: axiologie (fr) f
• Greek: αξιολογία (el) f (axiología)
• Hungarian: axiológia (hu)
• Italian: assiologia (it) f
• Khmer: មូលវិជ្ជា (muul vityie)
• Occitan: axiologia
• Polish: aksjologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: axiologia (pt) f
• Romanian: axiologie (ro) f, teoria valorii f
• Serbo-Croatian: aksiologija (sh) f
• Tagalog: halgahan, dalubhalgahan

particular value theory of a philosopher

• Dutch: axiologie (nl) f
• Finnish: aksiologia
• French: axiologie (fr) f
• Greek: αξιολογία (el) f (axiología)
• Polish: aksjologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: axiologia (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: aksiologija (sh) f
• Tagalog: halgahan

Further reading

• axiology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “axiology”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.