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phylactology nonce-wd.|ˌfaɪlækˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. ϕυλακτ-ός or -ήριος vbl. adjs. f. ϕυλάσσειν to guard + -ology.]
The science or business of counter-espionage. Hence phylactoˈlogical a.; phylacˈtologist.
1966K. Amis Anti-Death League i. 18 Apparently what's called the philosophy of phylactology—spy-catching to you—has been transformed. Ibid. 108, I had no idea you were practised in phylactological thought. Ibid. iii. 269 This mere technician, this electrical eavesdropper, seemed to imagine he was on a level with a qualified phylactologist like himself. |