knappologi
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From knapp (“button”) + -ologi, coined by August Strindberg in 1884 in his short story De lycksaliges ö in which one of the characters develops a quasiscientific classification system for buttons.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
knappologi c
- an exaggerated and pointlessly pedantic systematization, especially of something trivial
- 1884, August Strindberg, "De lycksaliges ö: Nionde kapitlet", Svenska öden och äfventyr, published 1907, page 382:
- "Han skrev först en avhandling om Nödvändigheten av Knapparnes Studium ur Vetenskaplig synpunkt. Därpå gick han in till Skattkammaren med en inlaga anhållande om en Professorsplats i Knappologien, samt två amanuensplatser."
- First, he wrote a dissertation about the Necessity to Study Buttons from a Scientific point of view. After that, he went to the Treasury with a plea requesting the title of Professor of Knappologi, and also two amanuensis positions.
- 2010, Anette Kindahl, "Kokongen":
- "De andra tror att vi sysslar med knappologi här i magasinet. De har ingen som helst känsla för föremålens historiska värde."
- The others think we do knappologi here in the repository. They have no understanding whatsoever for the historic value of the objects.
Declension edit
| Declension of knappologi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | knappologi | knappologin | — | — |
| Genitive | knappologis | knappologins | — | — |
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Descendants edit
- → Finnish: knoppologia