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单词 typology
释义

typology

[ tahy-pol-uh-jee ]
/ taɪˈpɒl ə dʒi /
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noun

the doctrine or study of types or prefigurative symbols, especially in scriptural literature.
a systematic classification or study of types.
symbolism.
Linguistics. the study and classification of languages according to structural features, especially patterns of phonology, morphology, and syntax, without reference to their histories.

Origin of typology

First recorded in 1835–45; typo- + -logy

OTHER WORDS FROM typology

ty·po·log·i·cal [tahy-puh-loj-i-kuhl], /ˌtaɪ pəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, ty·po·log·ic, adjectivety·po·log·i·cal·ly, adverbty·pol·o·gist, noun

Words nearby typology

typog., typographer, typographical, typographical error, typography, typology, typothetae, typp, typw., typy, Tyr
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Example sentences from the Web for typology

  • It merely points up the fact that Western terminology and typology might be rexamined.

    The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948|A. E. Treganza
  • The author who delights in typology is bent upon showing that the cross is prefigured in the Old Testament.

    Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III)|Walter Richard Cassels
  • What a marvelous unfolding of Old Testament typology in the Hebrews!

    The Theology of Holiness|Dougan Clark
  • Typology (L)—a study of arrangement of specimens separated into types.

    Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I Point Types|James W. Cambron

British Dictionary definitions for typology

typology
/ (taɪˈpɒlədʒɪ) /

noun

mainly Christian theol the doctrine or study of types or of the correspondence between them and the realities which they typify

Derived forms of typology

typological (ˌtaɪpəˈlɒdʒɪkəl) or typologic, adjectivetypologically, adverbtypologist, noun
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