Meanings
- rareuncountableThe scientific study of the feeling of disgust.
Disgustology is now expanding in numerous directions, offering still more insights into human nature—including a strange quirk that I've noticed in myself and that you may identify with too.
2016, Kathleen McAuliffe, This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society1 more example
Other specialist social science niches of relevance are beginning to spring up such as the area of disgustology and the field of Humiliation Studies as shown in the Journal of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, and research groups on Forgiveness […]
2009, Sameul Cameron, The Economics of Hate, page 4
Origin
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