iconology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “icon”) + -logy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /aɪkəˈnɒlədʒi/

Noun

iconology (countable and uncountable, plural iconologies)

1. The study of icons in art or art history.

Related terms

• iconological
• iconologist

Translations

the study of icons

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圖像學 / 图像学 (túxiàngxué)

• Dutch: iconologie (nl) c
• Finnish: ikonologia
• Japanese: 図像解釈学 (ずぞうかいしゃくがく, zuzōkaishakugaku), イコノロジー (ikonorojī)
• Kazakh: пұттану (pūttanu)
• Polish: ikonologia (pl) f
• Spanish: iconología (es) f

See also

• iconography

Anagrams

• coniology