technicologyn.
/ˌtɛknᵻˈkɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌtɛknəˈkɑlədʒi/ Now rare.
= technology n. (in various senses).
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society > occupation and work > study of work > [noun] > technology or technography
technicology1828
technics1839
technography1840
technology1881
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > [noun] > terminology of
technicology1828
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > science of practical or industrial arts
technology1787
technicology1828
technic1865
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 860/2 Its [sc. natural history's] truths have never been illustrated or explained in any other language than that of a most dry and barren technicology.
1832 Q. Jrnl. Educ. 3 177 They are to learn the theory of technicology, the construction of machinery, chemistry, the art of dyeing, &c.
1880 W. Senior Trav. & Trout in Antipodes 80 Reading out the botanical technicology.
1884 Manch. Examiner 17 May 4/8 Schools and museums of technicology scattered over the Continent.
1930 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 6 21 They are not concerned with the making of gold, and will turn out..to be typical of the formulae that were inseparable from all primitive technicology.
1961 H. Graef tr. J. von Rintelen Beyond Existentialism i. 82 According to Heidegger we are here threatened with ‘one endless winter’. We would agree with him, if technicology should ever really gain complete control over us.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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