Orthology

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Orthology (noun) Or`thol“o`gy

The study of the right use of words.


The word comes from Greek ortho- ("correct") and -logy ("science of")

This science is a place where psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and many other fields of learning meet. The book, "The Meaning of Meaning", by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, is among those giving chiefly to the science of words.

The most noted use of Orthology is for the selection of words for the language of Basic English as managed by the Orthological Institute.