Meanings
nounpolitology (uncountable)
- rareuncountableThe branch of social science concerned with theory, description, analysis and prediction of political behavior, political systems and politics broadly-construed.
Synonyms: political science
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe branch of social science concerned with theory, description, analysis and prediction of political behavior, political systems and politics broadly-construed.
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Origin
From polit(ics) + -ology, compare German Politologie.
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Rhymes with politology
technologypsychologybiologymethodologyecologypathologypharmacologytheologyastrologygeologyanthropologyarchaeologymythologyradiologytopologyanthologynanotechnologyideologyneurologycardiologydermatologymorphologyontologyapology
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APA
politology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/politology
MLA
“politology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/politology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “politology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/politology.
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