Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

criteriology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cri-te-ri-ol-o-gy
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of the validity of reasoning and the criteria necessary to achieve knowledge.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But it seems otherwise with reasoning as viewed by criteriology."
"According to Mercier, criteriology should demonstrate the fallacy of two forms of scepticism: one that casts doubts on each of the acts of the human reason and one that casts doubts on the very possibility of arriving at a knowledge of the truth."
"In the other kind of knowledge, reflection develops a criteriology of the divine to judge whether or not consciousness is testifying to the true God or some phantasm of the divine."

Etymology

From criterion + -ology.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: criterion

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

criteriologic criteriological

Questions

What does criteriology mean?: The study of the validity of reasoning and the criteria necessary to achieve knowledge.
Where does criteriology come from?: From criterion + -ology.

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