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captology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cap-tol-o-gy
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of computers as persuasive technologies.

Uncountable

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Etymology

Coined by American behavior scientist B. J. Fogg in 1996, from the initials of computers as persuasive technologies + -ology.

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What does captology mean?
The study of computers as persuasive technologies.
Where does captology come from?
Coined by American behavior scientist B. J. Fogg in 1996, from the initials of computers as persuasive technologies + -ology.

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