ologist
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- noun
- /ˈɑːlədʒɪst/
- Informal
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especialista
- After meeting with a ologist, I realized that studying language is similar to what many people call being a 'word-ologist'.
Examples
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First, you'll meet for a consultation with one of our romance-ologists, who'll coach you through that initial awkward stage before you're camera-ready.
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The zookeeper referred to herself as an ologist, emphasizing her expertise in caring for various species.
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So does that make you a bat-ologist?
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Cave-ologists say this old cave is 100 years old and holds 1,000 mysteries.
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The first pic shows our intrepid balloon-ologist Neil pointing the finger at the outhouse which we launched in superb sunny weather into a clear blue sky early on Sunday morning.
Blog text (20) -
My father is a well-known ologist, and he often jokes about how the term '-ologist' could apply to any specialist.
Synonyms
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A person who knows a lot about one area of work or study
Compounds
How Expert
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Etymology
Ologist comes from the Greek ending -logy meaning 'study', so an ologist is a person who studies a subject. People often use ologist in a joking or informal way for experts with names like geologist or zoologist, which is why it can mean 'a specialist'.