grammatology

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Australia, UK/ˌɡɹæ.məˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/US/ˌɡɹæ.məˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/

noun

The scientific study of writing systems or scripts.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

noungrammatology (countable and uncountable, plural grammatologies)

plural grammatologies

  1. countableuncountableThe scientific study of writing systems or scripts.

Origin

  1. Frenchgrammatologie
  2. Englishgrammatology

From French grammatologie, attested in the 19th century.

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Translations

Chinese 文字學 /文字学
  • 文字學 /文字学 (wénzìxué)Translations
Italian grammatologia
  • grammatologiaTranslations
Japanese 文字学
  • 文字学 (moji gaku)Translations

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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