SOURCE 01supportshistorical dictionary
-logy — Definition and Word History
Publishes expression and discourse beside doctrine, theory, and science.
Definitions 1–2- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 319
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
resolvedestablished
Does -logy simply mean “the study of”?
No. Merriam-Webster gives oral or written expression as one sense and doctrine, theory, or science as another; American Heritage separately gives discourse or expression and science, theory, or study. “Study of” is a useful reading in many formations, not a universal historical definition.
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 319
-logy
/-lədʒi/ · noun combining form
A bound English word element used in formations involving discourse or expression and in names of doctrines, theories, sciences, and fields of study.
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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
SOURCE 02supportshistorical dictionary
American Heritage Dictionary: -logy or -ology
Independently publishes discourse or expression beside science, theory, or study.
Definitions 1–2- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.
- CONFIDENCE
- established
- STATUS
- resolved
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- Merriam-Webster and American Heritage independently publish a multi-sense combining form.
The dossier and truth ledger preserve the wider semantic range instead of substituting one classroom mnemonic.