genology

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noun

the study of genres

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Meanings

noungenology (uncountable)
  1. uncountablethe study of genres

    Carol A. Newsom Biblical studies has a natural affinity with genology, the study of genres, but has had a strangely on and off again relationship with that discipline. For biblical studies the investigation of genres largely took shape[…]

    2007, Roland Boer, Bakhtin and Genre Theory in Biblical Studies, Society of Biblical Lit, →ISBN, page 19

Translations

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Cite this entry
APA

genology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genology

MLA

“genology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “genology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genology.

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