List of non-sciences ending in -logy

The words in the following list have names formed with the suffix -logy. They refer to kinds of speech, writing, collections of writing, or the like. Words ending in -logy which are sciences can be found in the list of sciences ending in -logy.

A
*Anthology, a collection of literary pieces (such as poems)
*Apology
**a statement of regret
**an explanation for or justification of beliefs
*Arcology - enormous habitat (hyperstructure) of extremely high human population density
*Astrology, a set of beliefs about the influence of stars and planets on human beings and their destinies
*Autology, the attribute (of a word) of being self descriptive. The word "polysyllabic" is autological because it is polysyllabic. (compare heterology)

C
*Cosmetology, the art and career of using cosmetics to improve beauty

D
*Dilogy is
**ambiguous or equivocal speech, or
**a work composed in two parts (see trilogy)
*Docimology, a treatise on the art of testing, e.g. in assaying metals.
*Doxology, a spoken or sung end of a prayer
E
*Escapology, the practice of escaping from restraints or other traps.
*Eulogy, a commemoration of a person's life at his/her funeral

H
*Hagiology is literature dealing with the life of a saint or, indeed, any revered person, a biography of an individual, rather than a study of saints, sainthood or saintliness in general
*Heterology
**a dissimilarity of parts often attributable to a difference in origin
**the attribute (of a word) of not being self descriptive. The word "monosyllabic" is heterological because it is not monosyllabic (compare autology)
*Homology, concept in anthropology, biology, algebraic topology, and sociology, meaning "likeness in structure"
I
*Ideology, sometimes spelled idealogy, is a system of ideas about politics, human life or culture
K
*Kibology, joke religion worshiping Kibo
M
*Menology, a register of months, or a calendar of the lives of the saints for each day of the year
*Monadology, a book by Leibniz on the study of his theory of monads
N
*Necrology, a list of people who have died, especially in the recent past or during a specific period
P
*Philology, the historical study of languages. This is not a ology in the strict sense, because it is not the study (-ologia) of love (philo-), but the love (philo-) of literature (logia)
*Phraseology is the way words are put together, therefore the style being used in a sentence, or the set of phrases or the choice of words used by any particular group of people, or a type of register that reflects the form of language used in a certain social situation in which particular subjects are being discussed
*Piphilology seems to be a borderline case with some aspects of a field of study, but not a scientific discipline
R
*Reflexology, alternative method of massage, therapy or pressure on certain points of the sole of the feet as a means of relieving nervous tension
T
*Tautology, a self-affirming truth
*Terminology, a set of words and/or phrases, usually in relation to some particular canon or field of study e.g. 'mathematical terminology'
*Tetralogy of Fallot, an abnormality of the heart consisting of four deformities that often occur together
*Theology, study of God or gods from the religious perspective
*Trilogy (although not strictly an -ology) is a body of writing in three parts, as tetralogy is that in four parts. Other words such as pentalogy, hexalogy, heptalogy or septology, octology, nonology, and dekology cover larger series.
*Tropology, the use of tropes in speech or writing

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