kalology

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noun

The study of beauty; aesthetics

OriginAncient Greek καλός →
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Meanings

nounkalology (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe study of beauty; aesthetics

    They are the questions of methodology, of metaphysics, and of kalology. First: What are the ways in which we should attain and verify our knowledge, and how should we interpret truth when we have attained it — as subjective and dependent upon our minds, or as objective and identical with reality?

    1950, William Pepperell Montague, Great visions of philosophy

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκαλός“beautiful”
  2. Englishkalology

From Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) kalo- + -logy.

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