cinemology

English

Etymology

From cinema +‎ -ology.

Noun

cinemology (uncountable)

1. The study of film.
   • 1971, The New York Times Book Review, volume 76, page 42:

     Without sinking into fens of cinemology, which properly belong in another section of this wilderness, one can say for openers that all three critics cross lines continuously in practice.

   • 1973, Maureen Turim, “The Aesthetic Becomes Political: A History of Film Criticism in Cahiers du cinéma”, in The Velvet Light Trap, volume 9, number 13:

     Debate must take the shape, to use the current jargon, of "meta-cinemology," a discussion of the approach to film itself, above and beyond the discussion of films.

   • 2016 July 22, Victoria Dmitrieva, Dana Namdi, “Using cinemology in psychological practice”, in International Journal of Psychology, abstract:

     Our experience of using onto psychological cinemology based on using films shows that it is an effective way to identify discrepancies between the person's rational beliefs and authentic needs.