Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

africology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: afri-col-o-gy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An interdisciplinary academic discipline that studies the history and culture of African people around the world.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Africa + -o- + -logy.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

Africological Africologist

Phrases

Afro-

Frequently Paired Words

Africa African Africanisation Africanization Africanise Africanize Africanism Africanist

Synonyms

Africanistics Black studies

Questions

What does africology mean?: An interdisciplinary academic discipline that studies the history and culture of African people around the world.
Where does africology come from?: From Africa + -o- + -logy.

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