grammatology

English

Etymology

From French grammatologie, attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹæ.məˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹæ.məˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

grammatology (countable and uncountable, plural grammatologies)

1. The scientific study of writing systems or scripts.

Related terms

• grammatological
• grammatologically
• grammatologist