Study of symbolism

• Classification according to general type
• Study of symbols

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ language typology EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Competition entrants are asked to look at how to transform the tower block typology into a new type of community. ▪ None the less, it would be unwise to conclude that all areas ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. classification according to general type

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Typology is a composite measure that involves the classification of observations in terms of their attributes on multiple variables . Such classification is usually done on a nominal scale . An example of a typology would be classification such as by age ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"doctrine of symbols," 1845, from Greek typos (see type (n.)) + -logy . Related: Typological ; typologically .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics 2 (context archaeology English) the result of the classification of things according to their characteristics 3 (context linguistics English) classification ...